With three hopefuls vying for two open seats on the IUSD Board of Education, the Irvine Unified Council PTA will host a special Candidate Forum beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23. The event, which is open to the public, will be held at the District Office, located at 5050 Barranca Parkway.
An “extremely thorough” asbestos inspection that assessed every room on every IUSD campus over the summer has resulted in a clean bill of health for local schools.
In a notice sent to IUSD families this week, Superintendent Terry Walker endorsed the Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s latest campaign to raise money for local schools, noting that every dollar donated will be matched by the City of Irvine.
We now know what name will be stamped on the marquee outside Irvine’s next high school: Portola High School.The Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday night to brand IUSD’s fifth comprehensive high school with that moniker after considering a lengthy list of community submissions -- and a handful of staff recommendation
Irvine High School students and staff were briefly evacuated to nearby Heritage Park on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 8 after a gas line was accidentally breached on campus. No students or staff were injured as a result of the breach, which occurred at about 8:50 a.m. during construction work on a new classroom building.
Here we go again. Irvine and other cities in Southern California are baking this week, and that means an increased risk of heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, particularly for those sensitive to higher temps.
The Irvine Public Schools Foundation held its 5th annual Spirit of Excellence Gala at the headquarters of Kia Motors America over the weekend.