Sunny Hills High School ranked among the top schools in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). “The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their […]
Sylvia Mendez, whose family was among the five families who won the landmark school desegregation case Mendez v. Westminster, received the 2020 “Warrior Award” at the 16th Annual Women in Leadership Forum […]
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child May Be on Hold in the US Senate but Supporting Children’s Rights Is Not Do you know that one way to support children is […]
Back in October, I received an email from Drs. Dallas and Debra Stout, long-time Fullerton residents and faculty members at Cal State Fullerton, who are collaborating with CSUF’s Titan Radio to host […]
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 […]
As a freshman in high school, the first things I learned in World History were the reasons that gave rise to democracy. Among them is being able to choose our leaders and […]
Over 8,000 or about 60% of total enrolled students returned to in-person classes last Tuesday, Oct 13, as the Fullerton School District reopened its schools. Due to the unique circumstances surrounding the […]
This election season some Fullerton residents will be voting to fill the seat on the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) Board of Trustees (District 4) that was vacated by long-time […]
October 13 and no sooner than Oct 5. These are Fullerton School District’s (FSD) and Fullerton Joint Union High School District’s (FJUHSD) reopening target dates respectively, unless otherwise directed by state and […]
Since we’re at the start of the school year, I thought it would be appropriate to focus on an organization with a history of helping students that continues to this day. The […]
This spring when the COVID-19 virus hit, campuses shut down, education moved online, and schools across the country shifted into triage mode. Teachers scrambled to deliver instruction using unfamiliar platforms and many […]
President Jeanette Vazquez of the Fullerton Elementary School District Board of Trustees resigned from her position (effective immediately) during the August 11 Board meeting. Following this announcement, the Board was re-organized with […]
The November 3 Presidential Election Ballot for Fullerton residents will also include contests for local offices. There are 3 district elections for City Council, and district trustee elections for 3 school boards. […]
Jan Youngman and Vivien Moreno contributed to this article. California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that schools in Orange County cannot physically reopen for in-person instruction until the County is no longer […]
The OC Board of Education voted 4-1 (with Beckie Gomez dissenting) to recommend that schools return physically in the fall without implementing the use of face masks, social distancing, or reduced class […]
Following the Trump administration’s announcement on July 6 that international students cannot, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, continue to maintain their visa status while exclusively taking online/virtual courses, CSUF President […]
The Brea Olinda Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously in a special meeting on July 7 to remove the Fanning name from the Fanning Academy of Science and Technology amid […]
After hours of discussion spanning three meetings, the Fullerton School District Board of Trustees voted on June 25 to remove the words “Black Lives Matter” from the title of a resolution originally […]
The Fullerton School Board of Trustees will vote on June 23 to approve a resolution in support of Black Lives Matter and to encourage district-wide participation in the national Black Lives Matter […]
Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Dreamer Resource Center serves nearly 2,000 students and was the first center for undocumented students in the CSU system when it launched in 2014. The university’s ‘Dreamers’ are […]
The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on June 16, to remove Louis E. Plummer’s name from the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton amid evidence that Plummer was […]
While many schools are turning on stadium lights or putting up signs to honor their class of 2020 graduates, I realized that FUHS and I have the resources to do something special. […]
Fullerton elementary students picked up their lunches from school like usual last week and were left astonished when staff asked if they’d like a special addition to their meal: a complimentary comic […]
I’ve wasted too much time lately combing the news for an answer to a crucial question about pandemics like Covid-19: Are they inevitable? Newscasters and the scientists, doctors and politicians they interview […]
Most of our students struggled with food and income insecurity before the COVID-19 crisis hit. They worked multiple jobs and lived paycheck to paycheck while racking up debt as the income never […]
Families, teachers, and schools in California and in states across the nation are having to establish new sets of standards and rules for distance learning since the schools from elementary through college […]
The Fullerton School District Boardmembers voted in an emergency meeting held at 9pm on March 13 to close all schools beginning Monday, March 16. Fullerton School District will be closed for eight […]
CSUF President Framrose Virjee announced on March 11 that the university would be moving to online instruction over the next month due do precautions against the coronavirus. While there have been no […]
Unlike other races on the March 2020 ballot, the OC Board of Education trustee position will be decided with the March 3 primary election, and does not go on to a runoff […]
Molly McClanahan retired from the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) Board of Trustees which took effect January 31. Trustee McClanahan was appointed to the NOCCCD Board in 1995 to represent […]
In Fullerton, the K-12 public schools are separated into two school districts. Both the Fullerton Elementary School District (FSD) and Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) have placed a facilities bond […]
The March 3rd Presidential Primary ballot includes several local non-partisan elections. One of the most confusing races is the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) Board of Trustees which will have 3 […]
Five years ago, voters from Fullerton, La Habra, La Habra Heights, Brea, and Whittier supported Bond Measure I that proposed $145 million dollars for the Fullerton Joint Union High School District to […]
The Fullerton Joint Union High School District includes 7 schools and serves over 16,000 students. Meetings of the district’s Board of Trustees usually occur twice a month at 6:00 p.m. in the […]
In Orange County, there are more than 117,000 children who experience food insecurity and the national hunger relief organization, Feeding America, estimates that more than 300,000 Orange County residents are food insecure. […]
