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Tag: Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Saddleback Valley Unified School District runs 32 schools in Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita and three other communities and teaches about 22,000 students. We cover the board’s votes, its budget and the decisions that reach classrooms.
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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.
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Two Orange County Schools Grapple With Racism And Battles Over Sexual Orientation
The controversies come as the OC Human Relations Commission found an increase in hate crimes and hate incidents throughout the county last year.
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Santa Ana Unified Suspends Reporting New COVID-19 Cases in Classrooms
While some OC school districts saw their COVID-19 cases drop this week, at least three are reporting more than 1,000 confirmed cases.
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Parents Across Orange County Keep Tense Watch as School COVID Dashboards Soar
As virus cases and anxiety flares across OC public school districts, questions focus on accuracy of district case reports.
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Saddleback Valley School District Angers Parents by Ending COVID Dashboard During Surge
The district argues it can’t keep up with the high number of positive cases to provide accurate data to the public, while parents say they’re being left in the dark.
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OC Schools to Follow Mask Mandate as COVID Surges, Some Parents Rally Against Rule
Rallies are planned at school districts across the county this month as a parent group and the OC Board of Education moves to sue Gov. Gavin Newsom for the statewide school mask mandate.
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OC Officials Won’t Release Coronavirus Outbreaks at Schools, While Concerns Persist on School Reopenings
OC Health Care Agency officials won’t disclose coronavirus cases at schools and are instead leaving that decision up to school districts.
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As OC School Districts Push Forward With Reopenings, Concerned Teachers and Parents Push Back
More than a few teachers are talking about a potential strike or taking other actions if they are not reassured of adequate safety measures.
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Murphy: South County School Districts Doing Their Parts to Make the Pandemic Worse
Two major school districts in South County, Saddleback Valley and Capistrano Unified School Districts (SVUSD and CUSD) have chosen to conduct many of their fall registrations in person and on campus during the pandemic, endangering the lives of thousands of students despite there being safer and more efficient alternatives.
