IRVINE – The investigation is still ongoing as around 400 students were absent at University High School on Wednesday after a possible threat was discovered in the graffiti on the flap of a textbook, officials said. Six Irvine police officers and...

MISSION VIEJO – Saddleback Valley Unified this week will deliver layoff warnings for about 170 jobs, including at least 110 classroom teachers, bringing the district about $8 million closer to bridging a $28.6 million budget gap. Trustees on...

Classified staff at the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District approved a 10-day furlough agreement on Monday with 97 percent of the union in favor of the plan. "Everyone has decided they are going to share in some of the (budget) pain and...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Seeking to close an anticipated $34 million budget deficit, Capistrano Unified trustees on Tuesday authorized notifying 322 educators they could be out of a job at the end of the school year. The proposed terminations would...

Orange County's 28 public school districts have identified $352 million in budget cuts for the 2010-11 school year, and are planning on eliminating at least 571 jobs. These are the latest estimates as of Monday from local districts that have also...

ANAHEIM – Anaheim City School District trustees voted Monday to send out pink slips to 43 teachers as part of an effort to trim $23.1 million from the district's budget. The district also plans to notify 114 temporary teachers that they will not be...

Q. I am afraid of my upcoming parent teacher conference. My first conference with the teacher did not go very well. I am afraid a retention is inevitable and I really do not want that. This is first grade. Any tips for nervous parents? A. In the...