Santa Ana Unified Set to Offer Ethnic Studies Classes
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This fall, the district will join an increasing number in California that offer classes in which students can explore their own ethnic identities.
Garden Grove Unified Fills Empty Board Seat
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The Board of Trustees appointed Theresa Rocco to fill a vacancy left by Bao Nguyen, who was elected Mayor of Garden Grove.
County Rejects School Bonds Due to District’s Finances
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The Garden Grove district’s proposed budget projects a $60-million deficit.
Language Immersion Program Pushed for Vietnamese Youth
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Garden Grove parents and educators say the program would preserve native language for second- and third-generation Vietnamese.
Supreme Court Rules Special Ed Litigation Costs Are Public
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Orange County school districts have kept secret hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills they racked up fighting families of children seeking special education services.
Many in OC on Their Way From ‘Invisible’ to Documented
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Although cost remains a barrier, signs indicate that large numbers of youths in the county are applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Questions Surround Attorneys’ Actions in Special Ed Case
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Records show that attorneys for Garden Grove Unified School District may have behaved unethically in effort to sway appellate court.
A ‘Brotherhood’ Fights Families Wanting Special Ed
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The Orange County Special Education Alliance is an obscure public agency that uses taxpayer money to help pay the legal bills of school districts battling families over providing special education services.
OC Families Face Fierce Fight for Special Ed Services
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Local school districts rack up large legal bills in efforts to avoid paying for services sought by families, sometimes paying more for lawyers than the services would have cost.
Some Districts Refuse to Release Cost Records
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Voice of OC requested under the California Public Records Act legal bills for special education lawsuits from several Orange County school districts. Some complied, some didn’t.