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Capo Unified Open Forum with Superintendent Farley

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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Congratulations to Capo Unified’s 2014 Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to the 2014 Capistrano Unified School District Teachers of the Year! From CUSD:

Karen Gauthier, the National Board Certified Teacher from Chaparral Elementary School; Yeon Choi, the award-winning orchestra teacher at Niguel Hills Middle School; and Anthony Tubbs, the science teacher and sports coach at Tesoro High School, received notification of the honor during [...]

http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3845

Ladera Ranch Civic Council Meeting Tonight

The Ladera Ranch Civic Council will hold its monthly meeting tonight. On the agenda, courtesy of the Civic Council:

The Ladera Ranch Civic Council will hold its monthly meeting 7:00PM, Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Santa Margarita Water District Building located at 26111 Antonio Parkway.

The Honorable Anna Bryson, Trustee for the Capistrano Unified [...]

http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3730

Good News for Capistrano Unified

SJC Patch: Capo Unified Facing No Cuts for the First Time in Years

This is welcome news for Capistrano Unified, after seven consecutive years of mandatory budget cuts and fiscal belt-tightening. Sometimes forced austerity can result in desirable efficiencies and improvements, which hopefully won’t be lost in this year’s budget. The Trustees deserve credit for [...]

http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3708

City Council Will Consider Apartment Rezoning Proposal Tonight

We previously linked to a Capistrano Unified Trustee’s op-ed in the SJC Patch arguing against the request for rezoning submitted by the developer of a proposed 100-unit Rancho San Juan apartment complex near San Juan Hills High School. That link is here. We described that op-ed as arguing that “the proposed zoning change should be [...]

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CUSD Trustees Urge SJC City Council to Reject Re-Zoning Application Near San Juan Hills HS

Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Jim Reardon has written an op-ed in the San Juan Capistrano Patch articulating why he and his fellow CUSD Trustees unanimously passed a resolution urging the San Juan Capistrano City Council to reject the zoning change application submitted by the developer of a proposed apartment project near San Juan Hills [...]

http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3602

Naming the New Capo Unified School in Rancho Mission Viejo

Earlier today, we mentioned that a recent Patch article about a new CUSD school gave us the name of Planning Area 2 here. Esencia! Speaking of that new school, our friend and CUSD Trustee Jim Reardon has suggested that the K-8 school be named the “Richard J. O’Neill School” in honor of Rancho Mission Viejo [...]

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Planning Area 2 Has a Name: Esencia

Buried in a Patch article about a new CUSD school in Rancho Mission Viejo is this nugget, Planning Area 2 will be named “Esencia.” If you recall, “Sendero” means “path” in Spanish. “Esencia” means “essence” but more in the “fragrance” sense of the word (as opposed to “essential”).

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An Introduction to Planning Area 2

With the success of Sendero (originally known to some of us as Planning Area 1), Rancho Mission Viejo is already working on Planning Area 2:

For those who are just starting the home shopping process, Rancho Mission Viejo would still welcome you out. As Johnson explained, “We’re already working on Planning Area 2 to begin [...]

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Details Emerge About the Capistrano Push Polls

In our article about the flare-up at last night’s San Juan Capistrano City Council meeting, we referenced a “push poll” (or as Councilman Reeve called it, a “push-pull poll”) that seemed designed to influence the survey respondents more than it was designed to survey they feelings about the recall. The correct term for it, by [...]