The Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt IUSD’s budget for 2010-11.

First, a lucky winner walked away with $10,000 cash. Then a local couple was handed the keys to a brand new BMW.

In May, the City of Irvine generated headlines when it offered to kick in more than $875,000 through a challenge grant to help ease the impacts of larger class sizes in IUSD – the latter coming a

Once again, all schools in the Irvine Unified School District will be closed on Monday, June 14, and Tuesday, June 15, to accommodate districtwide furlough days.

At Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, Assistant Superintendent Lisa Howell presented an update on the governor’s latest budget proposal and outlined IUSD’s spending plan for fiscal year that begins July 1.

It’s Friday, May 28, and a quick check of the calendar reveals it’s a holiday for students in kindergarten through the eighth grade.

It’s being billed as the largest concert fundraiser in the history of Irvine’s public schools.

County education leaders, representing a half million students and 55,000 employees, called today for lawmakers to give school districts local control over budgeting and spending to soften the impact of the state’s ongoing fiscal crisis – and to better ensure that students graduate from high school ready

The second deadline is coming up for the Irvine Public Schools Foundation's 7th Annual Irvine Dream Stakes Home Raffle. Buy a ticket by this Friday and you’ll be eligible to win the latest early-bird prize – a new 3-Series BMW or, if you prefer, $20,000 cash.