Eighty-three IUSD seniors are in very select company after being named semifinalists for scholarships offered through the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

The location of Irvine’s next high school continued to be a topic of discussion, as the City Council on Sept. 10 voted in favor of a plan that would present an alternative site for the Irvine Unified School District to consider.

A few days before campuses on the traditional calendar re-opened for the 2013-14 school year, IUSD quietly hit a significant milestone: Enrollment climbed past 30,000 students.

Eastshore Elementary School has long yearned for its own school garden. Now, thanks to some philanthropic volunteers from Silicon Valley Bank in Irvine, it’s coming.

If you’re an Irvine student, parent or staff member, you probably received a phone message on the evening of Sept. 9 from Superintendent Terry Walker, offering a few welcoming words for the new school year.

On Sept. 9, IUSD Superintendent Terry Walker issued the following statement on the tragic auto accident that claimed the life of Marie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnson, who was entering her junior year at Irvine High School.

If you build it they will come. And if you don’t build it, they will come.

That’s the reality facing IUSD’s facilities team as the district moves forward with plans to construct its fifth comprehensive high school near the northeast border of the Orange County Great Park.

Irvine community members are invited to attend the upcoming Mayor’s Forum on Children’s Well-being from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the Lakeview Senior Center.