My son James has joined the new Navy Junior ROTC program at Godinez High School!
My son James, who is 14 years old, just joined the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) at Godinez High School today! I am so proud of him! Click here…
Will the taxpayers have to pay SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji over $200K per year in retirement?
I have helped, over the past few years, to get rid of two "double-dippers" on the Coast Community College District's Board of Education, Armando Ruiz and Walt Howald. These guys…
Governor signs new bill extending free speech rights to charter school students
Advocates for free speech notched another victory this week when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will give students at charter schools the same free speech protection that their…
SAUSD 2010 STAR Test Results show improvement but are weak compared to nearby districts
The California Standard Tests are a major component of the STAR program. The CSTs are developed by California educators and test developers specifically for California. They measure students' progress toward achieving…
New report reveals that the SAUSD spent $2.3 million on lawsuits in 2009
CALA Releases Report on Litigation Costs to Schools Wednesday, 18 August 2010 ‘Lessons in Lawsuits: The Impact of Litigation on California’s Schools’ finds nearly $100 million spent by 12 districts in…
Olive Crest launches its first K-12 independent study program for homeschool students
OLIVE CREST LAUNCHES ITS FIRST K-12 INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM FOR HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS IN ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES Interested Students and Parents Can Attend a Family Information Night on Monday, August 23 at…
Why are other school districts offering more online parent resources than the SAUSD?
School districts all over the U.S. are beginning to use software that allows parents to check their children's grades online. Santa Ana Unified provides a software program to teachers that…
Learn about the Fall of Tenochtitlan this Saturday at El Centro Cultural de Mexico
Join us for four lectures about the Fall of the Aztec Capitol, Tenochtitlan, this Saturday August 14, 2010 from 2 PM to 3:30 pm in Spanish, and from 3:30 pm…
O.C. Register quizzes SAUSD School Board candidates
I received a candidate questionnaire today from the Orange County Register. Here is a sneak preview at what they asked and how I answered: THREE QUESTIONS Responses may be up…
Godinez High School students take free arts classes at the Grand Central Art Center
The Grand Central Art Center and Godinez Fundamental High School in Santa Ana have partnered to present Arts Central - a weeklong series of free art classes for high school…
New federal bill may not end up saving many teacher’s jobs in Santa Ana
The new federal bill that is supposed to save teacher's jobs may not, in the end, do much for teachers in California. And I don't think this funding can be…
Why did the SAUSD remodel their headquarters while laying off teachers and classified staff?
Here is another SAUSD scandal you may have forgotten. The following excerpts come to us courtesy of the OC Weekly. They broke the story that the Santa Ana Unified School…
Why doesn’t the SAUSD provide an online archive of Board meeting videos?
The SAUSD has their own propaganda team, but no online archive of past board meetings Santa Ana Unified School District Board meetings are cablecast live at 6:00 p.m. on Santa…
Remember when the SAUSD lost over $5 million after falsifying class rosters in 2007?
SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo got busted in 2007, for falsifying class rosters In March of 2007, a year after SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji was elected to her latest term on…
100 artists see Satan, fundraiser at CSUF Grand Central Art Center through Aug. 15
Exhibition: 100 Artists See Satan: The Fundraiser June 26 - August 15, 2010 Reception: Fundraiser Event Preview June 26, 2010 7-10pm Opening Reception July 3, 2010, 7-10pm. Admission is free.…