We interrupt your regularly scheduled winter recess to share a little good news.

BY SUPERINTENDENT TERRY L. WALKER This week, school districts in California finally got an answer to the question they’ve been grappling with for months: How much money will there be to support students this year?

At its yearly organizational meeting on Tuesday night, the Board of Education voted unanimously to elect Michael Parham to a one-year term as president and Carolyn McInerney to a one-year term as clerk. Sue Kuwabara, who was president this past year, was honored for her leadership.

The Irvine Public Schools Foundation has teamed up with Vizio and local alt-rockers Young the Giant for a video c

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The selection of a new president wasn't the only big news at Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting.

A University High School student with political aspirations and a stellar academic resume has been named as California’s alternate delegate in the highly competitive United States Senate Youth Program.

Irvine Pony Baseball has stepped up to the plate with some bouncy gifts for IUSD’s elementary schools.

About 400 IUSD middle school students will get a chance to explore potential careers in physics, robotics, technology, health and much more during a special science conference at UCI next week.

The Orange County Register released its latest breakdown of the county’s best middle schools on Sunday, and taking the No. 1 spot this year is (drumroll, please!) ... Irvine’s own South Lake Middle School.