Want to get rid of some old electronics and help an Irvine school at the same time?

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.

The IUSD Board of Education’s meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6 will mark its final regular session of 2011, and there’s no shortage of business on the agenda.

A member of Northwood High School’s class of 2008 is one of only 32 college students in the U.S. to earn what is widely considered the world’s most prestigious scholarship.

With the help of an Irvine-based design firm, IUSD is in the process of developing a comprehensive plan that will be used to guide the construction of new schools and the modernization of existing sites over the next two decades.

The latest report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, issued Nov. 16, indicates California's struggling economy is likely to trigger automatic cuts to public education that could reduce the school year in some districts.