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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Loretta Sanchez offering free workshops on federal aid for college students
Posted by Admin on January 10th, 2012
SAUSD schools suck again – why do the Trustees keep getting elected?
Posted by Admin on January 5th, 2012
How depressing. The OC Weekly posted a number of articles featuring the worst Orange County elementary, middle and high schools. The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) dominated all three worst ten lists. Now we know why SAUSD Trustee Audrey Noji sent her son to a high school in Irvine.
Noji was of course reelected last [...]
Will Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez run for the SAUSD School Board in 2012?
Posted by Admin on December 23rd, 2011
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez most likely won’t be able to run for a fourth term on the Santa Ana City Council, according to an article posted in the Voice of OC today. Alvarez is going to term out in 2012, but if she wants to stay in politics she has a lot [...]
SAUSD Police Department welcomes new district safety officers
Posted by Admin on December 18th, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: David Valentin, Chief of Police, (714) 558-5829
Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department Welcomes New District Safety Officers
SANTA ANA, CA – December 15, 2011- During a hiring ceremony on Thursday, December 15, 2011, the Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department welcomed three new District Safety Officers. The newest members will join [...]
Posted in Education, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd 
Tags: safety officers. school police, Santa Ana, sausd, schools 
No Comments »No layoffs planned for Santa Ana’s teachers, according to their union
Posted by Admin on December 14th, 2011
There is good news for Santa Ana’s schoolteachers, courtesy of their union, the Santa Ana Educators’ Association (SAEA). Their President, Susan Mercer, reported in her latest email newsletter that even though the State of California did cut the school budget – it could have been worse. Here is Mercer’s newsletter with the details:
At yesterday’s school [...]
Chad Hammitt named Assistant Superintendent at the SAUSD
Posted by Admin on December 1st, 2011
New Assistant Superintendent Named at Santa Ana Unified
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Angela Burrell, APR: (714) 558-5555
New Assistant Superintendent Named at Santa Ana Unified
SANTA ANA, CA — November 29, 2011 – The Santa Ana Board of Education has recently appointed Chad Hammitt to the position of Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services for the Santa Ana Unified School District [...]
Posted in Education, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: assistant superintendent, chad hammitt, Santa Ana, sausd, schools 1 Comment »Meet SAUSD Superintendent Meléndez de Santa Ana at the next Com Link meeting
Posted by Admin on November 12th, 2011
[ November 17, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Ph.D., will be the special guest speaker at the Com-Link meeting on Thursday, November 17, which will start at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the Heninger Park Elementary School, located at 416 W. Walnut, in Santa Ana.
The theme of the meeting is “A Special Celebration and Tribute [...]
O.C. Supervisors want to cut Rob Richardson’s pay and take away his car
Posted by Admin on November 9th, 2011
The O.C. Supervisors are finally going after Assistant County CEO Rob Richardson, who is also a Trustee on the SAUSD School Board. ”Nelson and Bates recommend demoting Assistant CEO Rob Richardson and revoking a 13.1 percent unjustified raise given to Deputy CEO for Infrastructure Alisa Drakodaidis,” according to the O.C. Register.
Why is Richardson in trouble? Check this out – “Richardson saw his pay [...]
Grammy Award winner Oleta Adams to headline benefit for SAUSD schools
Posted by Admin on November 6th, 2011
[ November 13, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Contacts: Wendy Day Brown, 949-294-5630; Angela Burrell, 714-558-5555
Media Advisory
Grammy Award Winner Oleta Adams Headlines Hope Alive! Concert on Sunday, November 13th
Event Benefits Music in Santa Ana Schools
Event: New Hope Presbyterian Church in Orange announces its third annual benefit concert to increase music programs in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), with particular emphasis on Willard Intermediate School. [...]
SAUSD implements GRIP Program to keep kids in school and out of gangs
Posted by Admin on October 26th, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
David Valentin, Chief of School Police, 714-558-5829
Angela Burrell, APR, 714-558-5555
SAUSD Implements GRIP Program to Keep Kids in School and Out of Gangs
Forms Partnership with Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies
SANTA ANA, CA — October 26, 2011 – The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) School Police Department has entered into a Gang Prevention and Intervention [...]
O.C. D.A., SAUSD and Santa Ana P.D. join forces to keep kids in school
Posted by Admin on October 25th, 2011
Contact: Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, OCDA, 714-347-8408, 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, OCDA, 714-347-8405, 714-323-4486
Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, Public Information Officer, SAPD, 714-245-8029 , 714-709-2043
David Valentin, Chief of Police, SAUSDPD, 714-558-5829,
Orange County District Attorney, Santa Ana Police Department, & Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2011
GRIP KICKS OFF SCHOOL YEAR WITH NEW CITY AND NEW PROGRAM TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF GANGS
SANTA ANA – [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Courts, Crime, Education, Orange County, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: gangs, grip II, Santa Ana, santa ana police department, sausd, schools No Comments »El Sol signs a 40-year lease and receives grants totaling $2.3 Million
Posted by Admin on October 18th, 2011
Press Release for October 18, 2011 – Press Conference at 10:30 a.m.
SOS-El Sol Wellness Center, El Sol Science and Arts Academy, 1010 Broadway, Santa Ana Partners Collaborate to Expand Opportunities for El Sol Science and Arts Academy Students and Families
Unique 40-year lease and two major grants totaling $2.3 Million Announced
Santa Ana, CA (October 18, 2011) [...]
Posted in Education, Health and Medical, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: el sol science and arts academy, grants, health, Santa Ana, sausd, sos 17 Comments »Rep. Sanchez to lead grantee awards tour on Friday
Posted by Admin on October 6th, 2011
*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***
SANCHEZ TO LEAD GRANTEE AWARDS TOUR ON FRIDAY
Washington, D.C. – On Friday, October 7, at 12:30 p.m. PST, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) will lead her first grantee awards tour with visits to three Orange County organizations that have recently received significant and competitive grants from the federal government. Rep. Sanchez will visit [...]
Santa Ana students to help set world reading records in their pajamas
Posted by Admin on October 4th, 2011
[ October 6, 2011; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. ]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Angela Burrell, APR, (714) 558-5555
Santa Ana students to help set world reading records in their pajamas on Thursday
Students, Santa Ana Superintendent to help set world records, raise awareness of importance of reading early
SANTA ANA, CA — October 4, 2011 – – Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) students will wear their pajamas to school [...]
SAUSD to host a Latino Achievement Gap Summit today
Posted by Admin on September 29th, 2011
[ September 30, 2011; 7:30 am to 3:00 pm. ]
The Santa Ana Unified School District is hosting a “Closing the Latino Achievement Gap, Orange County 2011 Summit,” on September 30, at Santa Ana College. Click here to see the event flier.
Some 350 federal, state, local educational and community leaders, students and parents will come together at Santa Ana College to focus on the challenge, data and projections, [...]
