IUSD, joined by Five Point Communities and the City of Irvine, broke ground on Beacon Park School Wednesday, April 1. Set to open in August 2016, the District’s 38th school will serve up to 1,000 K-8 students. This world-class educational center is located in the heart of the Great Park Neighborhoods.

Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) will host a groundbreaking ceremony for Beacon Park School today, April 1 at 3:30 p.m. at the new school site – 200 Cultivate, Irvine. The ceremony marks the start of construction on Irvine’s 38th school, serving the Great Park Neighborhoods. Beacon Park School (K8) is expected to open in August 2016.

Earlier today, UC Irvine police briefly asked UCI students to shelter in place while they searched for an alleged gunman on campus. Campus officials found the person in question and normal activities have resumed as of 3:15 p.m. There is no threat to the UCI campus or surrounding areas.

The Woodbridge Academic Decathlon team placed eighth in the 36th annual California Academic Decathlon competition in Sacramento earlier this month.

Irvine High brought home first place honors from the Southern California Journalism Education Association state write-offs, an annual competition for student newspaper reporters and yearbook staff. This is the seventh time Irvine High has won sweepstakes – 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 – and now in 2015.

In an announcement today from Asst. Superintendent of Human Resources, Eamonn O'Donovan:

The start of a new year represents a good time for families, schools and businesses to revisit their emergency plans, stock up on supplies and seek out best practices.

A Woodbridge High student was arrested Wednesday after allegedly assaulting another student on campus.

The Irvine Unified School District lost an educational giant over the winter break. A.

A safe city generally means safer schools. So we felt it was newsworthy to mention here that, for the 10th straight year, Irvine boasts the nation’s lowest per-capita violent crime rate among cities with a population of at least 100,000. Figures indicating as much were released this week as part of the FBI's latest Annual Uniform Crime Report…