The decommissioning of the El Toro Marine base signaled the end for IUSD’s El Toro Marine Elementary School, but the old red-brick campus still holds a special place in the history of IUSD.

Want to watch live fire demonstrations, fight pretend fires or try on firefighter gear? 

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The Irvine Unified Council PTA plans to host a forum for candidates of the IUSD Board of Education beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has released its latest list of semifinalists who are in the running for prestigious National Merit awards, and 94 of them are from right here in IUSD.

It may be back to business for Irvine schools, the bulk of which resumed Wednesday, but this is no ordinary school year.

Farewell, summer. We hardly knew ye.