The Irvine Police Department is investigating a report of child annoyance after a man allegedly exposed himself to a 6-year-old student walking home from school on Wednesday. Police say the crime occurred in a residential area along Deerfield Avenue, west of Yale Avenue, at approximately 1:45 p.m. The student later informed a family member.

Six-member teams from University and Woodbridge high schools won second place in their respective divisions Saturday at a day-long mathematics festival hosted by Cal State Long Beach’s math department.

Good afternoon. Here’s a Friday roundup of some recent IUSD-related stories you might have missed from the Orange County Register’s website:

The Board of Education voted to certify IUSD’s Second Interim Report as “positive” on Tuesday night, meaning the district expects to meet all of its financial obligations for the current year and two subsequent years.

Joined by a handful of teachers, administrators and school board members, 22 high school students from IUSD have flown all the way up to Sacramento this morning to discuss issues impacting education with state legislators and other influential policymakers.

Parents who want to learn more about the new California Common Core instructional standards are encouraged to attend a special presentation led by a trio of IUSD educators on Thursday, March 28.

The Irvine Unified School District has once again been named one of the nation’s Best Communities for Music Education by the prestigious NAMM Foundation.

There’s always room for cello -- or, in this case, many, many cellos.

It was one small shipment to Westpark Elementary School, and one giant leap for Westpark's science program.