FJUHSD and the community passed facilities bond Measure I eight years ago and now a majority of the projects are finished or set to end within the year. Initially proposed to raise […]
Concerns Persist over Public Access to School Facilities
Vivien Moreno
High School Board Highlights: July 26 Meeting
Despite increasing community COVID positive numbers, there was no mention of future mitigation measures if cases continue to rise. There were no school reports and both teacher union FSTO President Angie Cencak […]
FJUHSD Board Meetings for June 2022
Honors At the first of two June Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) board meetings, the trustees honored Troy High School Cyber Patriot students for placing second in the 2021/22 National […]
OC Department of Education Race to be Decided on June 7
Candidates differ over charter schools and the role of the Board On June 7, in addition to determining primary candidates, voters will cast ballots for local nonpartisan offices decided by a majority […]
Solutions for Parents Seeking Responsible Advocacy
Communities trust schools to provide a safe educational environment for all children, but sometimes things go wrong. When bullying occurs in public or charter school settings, parents have legal options to problem […]
High School Board Highlights: April 12 Meeting
Honors Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) Board meeting celebrated district wide visual arts honors hosted by Fullerton Union High School (FUHS) Principal Laura Rubio and Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) […]
High School Board Highlights
Return to In-person Celebrations The Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) Board welcomed back in-person honorary salutes for its staff and students on March 8. Trustees celebrated teachers from the agricultural […]
Grading What a Student Knows Instead of What They Do
For the past decade when educators compare grading systems, they are often referring to grading to state standards versus traditional grading. Presently, grading is contractually under the purview of the instructor; teachers […]
FJUHSD Trustees Skip Sharing School Plans with Public
School board members are elected to do three main things: hire and/or dismiss a superintendent, set the overarching goals of a school district, and approve a fiscal plan to enact actions to […]
FJUHSD to maintain current district boundaries
The FJUHSD trustees held a special meeting/public forum on January 4, to decide whether to redraw the five electoral districts covering the Fullerton Joint Unified High School District area. They invited Dr. […]
High School Board Highlights
December 14 meeting During FJUHSD Board’s organizational meeting on December 14, the Trustees reassigned the yearly appointments held by various members. Lauren Klatzker became President of the Board with Joanne Fawley as […]
FJUHSD Dual Pathway Programs
La Habra High School Principal Matt Eeles mentioned the Golden Bell award-winning Heritage Humanities dual pathway program during his school report at the September 14 FJUHSD Board meeting. Dual pathway programs offer […]
Vivien Moreno interviews new FJUHSD Superintendent
Just prior to the start of the 2021/22 school year, I sat down with new FJUHSD Superintendent Dr. Steve McLaughlin and discussed his early impressions of the District, goals, and some challenges […]
FJUHSD Offers Mental Health Services
For the past four years FJUHSD has increasingly focused on social and emotional health and greater overall mental health care by expanding mental health resources, particularly for extreme mental health emergencies through […]
Pandemic Relief Education Funding
Recent media coverage has mainly focused on presumed learning loss and the large amounts of education money dedicated to support returning to in-person education and tackling the pandemic academic and mental health […]
Teaching and Learning During This Pandemic
A year ago, local schools shifted almost overnight to distance learning. Currently, both FSD and FJUHSD offer a hybrid, in-person learning option, yet over 50% of the student populations of both districts […]
With Scambray’s Retirement, FJUHSD to Choose a New Superintendent
Last month, Dr. Scott Scambray, Superintendent of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, officially announced his retirement as of June 2021. Replacing the superintendent is a multi-step process that requires input […]
Weighing the Costs of Police Officers on Campus
The FJUHSD Board of Trustees voted in November to allocate $780,757 to Fullerton, Buena Park, and La Habra Police Departments to provide a School Resource Officer (SRO) at each high school for […]
Local Education Challenges During COVID-19
For over nine months K-12 education has been turned upside down without a consistent plan to resume life with COVID-19. Schools pivoted with changing State guidelines and little federal support. Families, teachers, […]
Facing the Challenges of Distance Learning
Distance learning is changing education and will impact students far beyond this pandemic. While plenty of discussion focuses on the incredible toll this educational environment is taking on students, it might be […]
Congratulations Graduates!
One major American rite of passage is graduating from high school. Graduation forms the capstone to thirteen years of K-12 education and until recently provided the amount of education required to get […]
