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Irvine Unified approves ambitious solar plan

2009-11-18T12:03:40Z

http://www.ocregister.com/news/irvine-219965-energy-unified.html

Irvine Unified accepts voluntary retirement of nearly 70 veteran teachers

2009-11-18T12:01:46Z

http://www.ocregister.com/news/retirement-219972-teachers-school.html

Any info on Tesoro High School?

2009-11-15T18:08:42Z

How does Tesoro High compare to Aliso Niguel, Northwood, and University High? Is this an up and coming high school? It appears that Tesoro (Ladera Ranch) is a new high school built two years after Northwood High in 2002. Predominately white students at 80% with the Asian students slowly growing from 7% in 2002 to 10% in 2009.

University High School versus Northwood High School

2008-03-29T12:57:46Z

I hear that University High is the best high school in Irvine and Northwood High is its close 2nd. Does anyone know how competitive both schools are? What are the chances of Northwood High School beating out University High as the #1 School in Irvine in the next 10 years?

Lying about your address

2009-11-13T18:46:34Z

My sister in law recently expressed her displeasure in finding out that a student in her child’s class doesn’t live in the attendance boundaries of her school district. She feels that she sacrificed greatly by buying a small house in the district for big money so that her kids could go to school in this district (no, not Irvine, but an equally regarded district not in the OC). She struggled for a week or so before deciding not to turn them in, but I was very surprised at just how angry she became. How does everyone else feel about this since most of you live in a highly regarded school district?

Letting a friend/relative to use your address

2009-11-16T11:33:26Z

tmare’s thread reminded me this. How would you deal with it if a friend of yours or a relatives who live outside of the school district want to use your home address to get into your school? I don’t live in IUSD, but it happened.

I said no, but my spouse who is a pushover, was a bit uncomfortable about this.

Irvine Unified leaders bracing for cuts

2009-11-10T11:53:36Z

http://www.ocregister.com/news/district-218531-budget-irvine.html

Jenny Hart or Good Shepard Preschool

2009-05-04T15:10:34Z

We are in a process of selecting preschool. One is Jenny Hart, the other one is Good Shepard. Good Shepard is $100 more every month. in term of Philosophy, I think GSP is pure play oriented, Jenny Hart is play and academic combination ?? ( i might be wrong.) Do anyone can give some comments on those two preschools?

Dinosaur Dash 2009

2009-10-29T08:32:27Z

For all my fellow 714 residents who love your Tustin Unified School District (don’t be afraid to out yourself, its ok to not live in IUSD!), don’t forget to come out to the Dinosaur Dash on Sunday morning and send some money back to our schools. And if you participate but don’t have kids in the district, feel free to earmark your donation to Myford Elem.

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WOW! USC has made a huge comeback in college rankings, beating University of Michigan, Could UCLA be next?

2009-09-12T06:29:04Z

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings/page+2

In the past, I have always thought of USC as a school you can buy yourself admission if you come from a family of money even with a 2.5 GPA. I am totally suprised to see that USC (Rank #26 Admission rate 21.9%) had a tougher admissions acceptance rate than (UCLA Rank #24 Admission rate 22.8%)this year. In the past ten years, UCLA and University of Michigan has always tied for Rank#25 with USC ranking far below in the 40s range. This year USC has beaten out Univesity of Michigan (Rank #27), and could UCLA be next in couple of years?

What is going with on with USC? The new caliber of Trojan freshmens are nothing to laugh at anymore, as they are practically at the same level as the Bruins.