[ May 19, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am. ]
Think Together is hosting a School Site Celebration this Saturday, May 19, from 8:30 am– 11:00 am, at Villa Intermediate , located at 1441 East Chestnut Avenue, in Santa Ana. Come celebrate the accomplishments and dedication that the Villa families have made with Think Together’s HABLA , Leyendo en Familia and Padres de Excelencia programs.
There will be:
Games for the [...]
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Tags: habla, Leyendo en Familia, Padres de Excelencia, sausd, think together, villa intermediate 
No Comments »Orange County District Attorney Press Release, For Immediate Release: May 7, 2012
Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
14-YEAR-OLD GANG MEMBER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR SHOOTING A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY IN THE CHEST
SANTA ANA – A 14-year-old gang member was charged today with attempted murder for shooting and causing great bodily injury to a 16-year-old boy [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Education, gangs, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd, Youth Tags: Attempted Murder, gangs, Oswaldo Sotello, Santa Ana, santa ana high school, sapd, sausd, shooting No Comments »The SAUSD’s Superintendent, Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Ph.D., has issued a formal statement regarding the arrest of a former SAUSD teacher on charges of molesting two students and possessing graphic child pornagraphy, as follows, “We are deeply troubled to learn that a former teacher allegedly engaged in this reprehensible behavior and took advantage of [...]
SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Ph.D. issued a statement today in reaction to the arrest of a 14 year old suspected of shooting a Santa Ana High School Student:
“I commend both the Santa Ana Police Department and Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department on today’s arrest of the suspect in the Santa [...]
Posted in Crime, Education, gangs, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd, Youth Tags: 14 year old, 200 S. Flower, arrested, santa ana high school, sapd, sausd, shooting No Comments »On Friday, April 27, 2012, at approximately 3:20 p.m. a Santa Ana High School student was the victim of a shooting that took place off campus after school last Friday, at 914 W. Walnut Street, which is very close to the campus as you can see in the picture above.
The “shooting took place about 3 [...]
Posted in Crime, Education, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: 10th Grader, Response, Santa Ana, santa ana high school, sapd, sausd, shooting 4 Comments »Karina Onofre has announced that she is running for Ward 5 on the Santa Ana City Council, which is currently represented by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, who has apparently termed out after serving for three four year terms. Alvarez reportedly is going to sue to get on to the ballot.
Onofre works for [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Civic Affairs, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Councilman David Benavides, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Democratic Party, elections, Karina Onofre, Latinos, Politics, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana Tags: Claudia Alvarez, elections, Karina Onofre, roman reyna, Santa Ana, sausd, Ward 5 11 Comments »Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Santa Ana Police Arrest Couple for Sexual Assault of Family member under the age of 10
Santa Ana Police Arrest Couple for Sexual Assault of Family member under the age of 10
Arrested:
1.Nazario Enrique Cruz-Sanchez (40) Santa Ana (Pictured Above)
2.Estela Garcia (28) Santa Ana (Pictured Below)
Details:
Initial investigation 3/16/2012 Officers were contacted by school [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: arrested, Estela Garcia, Heritage Elementary, Molestation, Nazario Enrique Cruz-Sanchez, sausd, school No Comments »I don’t know why unionized school bus drivers are allowed to go on strike – all that does is hurt working families and kids. But the good news is that so far the SAUSD has been able to avoid a bus driver strike with negotiations ongoing. Here is there latest update on the matter:
SAUSD NEWSBRIEF-March [...]
Posted in Education, Labor, Santa Ana, sausd, working families, Youth Tags: durham school services, Santa Ana, sausd, school buses, strike 3 Comments »Good grief. Just when you thought the Nadia Lockyer affair and rehab scandal could not get any worse, a sex tape has allegedly emerged, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, which reported that Nadia’s husband, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, “believed that the man, who has a history of arrests for alleged methamphetamine use, might make [...]
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is one of nine Orange County school districts that “have filed preliminary spending plans indicating they might not be able to meet their financial obligations over the next two years, part of a group of 137 districts statewide that the state considers to be in “financial jeopardy,”” according to [...]
What will SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana do now?
Update: Fresno Unified is losing their QEIA funding too, due to low test scores, and San Bernardino Unified is losing 7 million in QEIA funding.
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) has apparently lost their Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funding, which will result in a huge [...]
Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer, wife of California state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, announced today that she’s in rehabilitation for a substance-abuse problem after an extramarital affair that she says culminated in a Feb. 3 beating by her ex-lover, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
We now know the identity of her ex-lover – Stephen Chikhani, [...]
Posted in california, Democratic Party, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: Affair, beating, bill lockyer, loretta sanchez, lou correa, nadia lockyer, San Jose, sausd 18 Comments »“Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer, wife of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, was “violently assaulted” by an ex-boyfriend she met up with at a Newark motel after the Lockyers fought, her husband says ” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
You might recall that Nadia Lockyer used to be a player in the Democratic Party of Orange County, back when her name [...]
Posted in california, Democratic Party, Politics, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: bill lockyer, Democratic Party, Marco Firebaugh, nadia lockyer, nadia maria davis, Santa Ana, sausd 23 Comments »This January, U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez is offering a series of free workshops on federal aid for students.
Academic advisors will meet with parents and students to provide assistance in filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form and will discuss scholarship opportunities.
A college degree is critical for young people entering the competitive [...]
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SAPD arrests another public school teacher, at OCHSA, for sexual comments
Unbelievable. Another Santa Ana public school teacher has been arrested for making sexually suggestive comments to students, the day after a wrestling coach and biology teacher, Joseph Manuel Orduna, was arrested at Godinez High School. This time the SAPD arrested John Juul Nielson, of Cerritos, a dance instructor at a Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) charter [...]