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Spotlight Schools Newsletter Nov. 17, 2023
Tustin Unified schools closed for days after fire at historic blimp hangar // Ocean View School Board votes to consolidate one middle school // 🎥 5th grader films part of her debut movie at her O.C. elementary school
Some Tustin Unified schools remain closed all week after massive hangar fire
While most TUSD campuses reopened this week, concerns about air quality and the ongoing process to clean up toxic debris from the fire kept students from 10 schools at home in virtual learning.
Ocean View School Board votes to close one middle school
As part of its school consolidation plan, the OVSD Board of Trustees voted to close Spring View Middle School next school year but will keep three elementary schools open.
Los Alamitos High School Dance Program to perform 'My Father's Closet'
The original show explores how a girl brings her father's music collection to life.
We know what they did last summer
Filmed last summer, two Seal Beach kids release their zombie horror comedy just in time for Halloween.
Spotlight Schools Newsletter Oct. 13, 2023
Hate incidents spiked at O.C. schools in 2022 // Signatures submitted in Orange Unified recall effort // 🍔Reading could score kids a free In-N-Out burger
Report shows hate incidents spiked at O.C. schools in 2022
Last year, 103 hate incidents were reported at local schools with 85% of those occurring at TK-12 campuses.
Six Orange County schools named 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools
Three campuses in the Garden Grove Unified School District among awardees in the U.S. Department of Education program