Here’s how five different school districts in Orange County are preparing in case federal immigration agents show up to one of their campuses.
Tag: Garden Grove Unified School District
Garden Grove Unified School District runs 64 schools in Garden Grove, Westminster, Santa Ana and Fountain Valley and teaches about 36,000 students. We cover the board’s votes, its budget and the decisions that reach classrooms.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Morales: La Quinta High School Taking the Lead, One Zapateado at a Time
In only a year, a small ballet folklórico club explodes onto the scene as it becomes a safe-haven for Hispanic students, a microcosm of American values in action, and a hopeful step into a better future.
Posted inEducation
Garden Grove Unified Starts Livestreaming School Board Meetings
The school board joined a host of local government agencies that livestream their public meetings as officials in two OC cities refuse to do so.
Posted inEducation
Will Garden Grove Unified Video Stream School Board Meetings?
Parents are calling on district officials to live stream their meetings and to change a board policy on public comments that they say limits public input.
Posted inTop Stories
How Easy is it to Tune Into Your School Board Meeting?
Saddleback Valley and Savanna School Districts in OC are the only ones that don’t livestream their meetings for public viewing.
Posted inTop Stories
How Transparent is Your Local OC School District?
An analysis found that while most school district board members are filing forms on time, these public records still pose a challenge to access.
Posted inTop Stories
Who’s Financing the Elected Officials Overseeing Your Local School?
While Orange County’s school districts are getting more political, parents can’t easily find out what interests are behind each school board member.
Posted inTop Stories
Who Should Run Our K-12 Public Schools? Here’s Where Candidates Stand on the Issues
We asked local school board candidates key questions about curriculum, pandemic measures, free speech, book bans, mental health support, and transparency.
Posted inEducation
OC Schools Are Starting up Again: Are They Prepared for COVID And Monkeypox?
Public health officials warn of a COVID wave as students across Orange County are heading back to school and as concerns over monkeypox start to emerge.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Voter Redistricting Faces Unwillingness, Hurdles in Some Little Saigon Cities, School Districts
This year the decennial process faces unique questions and potential unwillingness in some cities and school districts within the span of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
