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http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/5079 By Don Juan Ortega, on November 19th, 2014 A big congratulations to the students of Santa Margarita Catholic High School for doing the right thing and confidentially reporting an apparent threat against the school. Story from NBC News here. It’s a relief to know that the threat was not credible, but it is nevertheless disturbing that threatening gun violence is becoming a common [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4827 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 12th, 2014 One of the interesting things about writing this blog is that most of our communication with readers occurs through the back channel. We have also found that our audience includes many of the people involved with the issues about which we write, and that is gratifying because it means we are providing useful information. We [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4817 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 11th, 2014 The Capistrano Dispatch is reporting that Capistrano Unified School District has selected a name for the K-8 school being built in Rancho Mission Viejo’s Planning Area 2:
Capistrano Unified school board selects name for its next K-8 campus in Rancho Mission Viejo: Escencia School.
We’re still confused by the proper spelling of Esencia/Escencia. We’ve usually [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4549 By Don Juan Ortega, on June 24th, 2014 Capistrano Unified School District has named a new Superintendent to replace the retiring Joseph Farley. CUSD has named Kirsten Vital as Farley’s successor. Vital is currently serving as Superintendent of the Alameda Unified School District in Northern California. Alameda is a high-performing school district, but it is only about 1/5 the size of Capistrano Unified [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4517 By Don Juan Ortega, on June 17th, 2014 While students at Ladera Ranch Elementary and Middle Schools will receive some exciting visitors, Ladera Ranch parents should not be alarmed to see police swarm these neighborhood schools. According to the public announcement, on this Thursday, June 19, 2014, “the Ladera Ranch Elementary and Middle Schools will be visited by South Orange County law enforcement [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4438 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 23rd, 2014 The OC Weekly published an article — one admittedly written with a distinct viewpoint — about whether Capistrano Unified School District ought to refund a portion of Talega’s Mello Roos tax assessments. We wrote extensively about Mello Roos in this article, wherein we cited the Franchise Tax Board on Mello Roos as follows:
In 1982, [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4443 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 16th, 2014 According to this article in the Capistrano Dispatch, the Capistrano Unified School District has narrowed down the list of names for the new K-8 school that will be built in Planning Area 2, the Village of Esencia, in Rancho Mission Viejo. Among the finalists are:
Barbara L. Banda, a local woman who helped bring Native [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4427 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 16th, 2014 Rancho Mission Viejo Company will be building a new K-8 school in Planning Area 2, the Village of Esencia. The planned Capistrano Unified School doesn’t have a name, nor any buildings, nor any students yet — but it does have a principal. Read more at the Capistrano Dispatch here.
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4331 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 30th, 2014 Congratulations to the five Capistrano Unified School District Elementary Schools that were named California Distinguished Schools for 2014:
Bathgate Elementary, Mission Viejo Chaparral Elementary, Ladera Ranch Don Juan Avila Elementary, Aliso Viejo Oxford Preparatory Academy, Mission Viejo Vista del Mar Elementary, San Clemente
Congratulations to the faculty, students, staff and parents at each of these [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4098 By Don Juan Ortega, on March 18th, 2014 Parents with questions about Capistrano Unified’s search for a new Superintendent have an opportunity to address those questions to the District’s current Superintendent. CUSD Superintendent Joseph Farley will hold a public forum tomorrow, Wednesday, March 19, 2014 from 7-8 PM at San Clemente High School. The forum will be held at the SCHS “Little Theater.” [...]
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