At the Nov. 17 Board of Education meeting, Board members approved a retirement incentive for eligible teachers, certified IUSD's First Interim Report and agreed to enter into a historic agreement to establish solar power-producing systems at 21 district sites.

Earlier this month, Dr. Gavin Huntley-Fenner was elected to serve a second full term on IUSD's Board of Education. But that's not the only public service he'll be performing over the next four years.

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BY SUPERINTENDENT GWEN E. GROSS, Ph.D. This week, bands of heavy rain swept over the Irvine Unified School District, and thunder boomed intermittently. Yet rigorous instruction persevered in the dry confines of our classrooms.

It’s the first Tuesday of October, and that means there’s a meeting of the IUSD Board of Education tonight at 7.

Just a friendly reminder that the Irvine Unified Council PTA is hosting its Candidates Forum for this year's IUSD Board of Education race beginning at 7 p.m. tonight.

While the state budget picture remains cloudy, IUSD is cautiously projecting positive ending balances through 2011-12, Assistant Superintendent Lisa Howell told the Board of Education this week.

With three candidates vying for two open seats on the IUSD Board of Education, the Irvine Unified Council PTA is planning to host a special “Candidates Forum” later this month.

The IUSD Board of Education will hold its final meeting of the summer at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.