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
A number of altruistic acts have been quietly occurring around the Irvine Unified School District. At South Lake Middle School, a group of students drafted geology textbooks for children in Uganda. Deerfield Elementary kids spent time with residents of a local senior center.
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.
The City of Irvine will generously provide up to $875,200 in matching funds to help IUSD ease the impacts of larger class sizes next year.
It's Wednesday, May 12, and we think it's an especially good day to thank our local school nurses. After all, today has been designated as National School Nurse Day.
The rest of the county just learned what IUSD has known all along.
IUSD is one of 174 school districts nationwide to demonstrate “an unwavering commitment to providing music education for their students,” according to the NAMM Foundation, which today announced the res
School administrators, Board of Education members, city officials and representatives from the Irvine Public Schools Foundation will shadow a custodian, a grounds worker, a warehouse driver, a health clerk and dozens of other classified staff during the Irvine Unified School District’s third an