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 […]
Vivien Moreno interviews new FJUHSD Superintendent
Vivien Moreno
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 […]
