OC Supervisors Vicente Sarmiento and Don Wagner are supporting the program as city officials ask voters for a 0.5% sales tax increase in November to help keep their budget afloat.

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Jewish advocacy groups are suing the Santa Ana Unified School District for allegedly breaking the state’s open meeting law to create courses with anti-Jewish teachings. District officials deny the claims and say they’ll win in court.

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Orange City Council members voted unanimously to reinstate the crossing guard program with Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Vicente Sarmiento pledging to help the city with the cost.

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The city now has less than a year to build and launch their own library system from scratch, pulling $9 million away in funding from the countywide program annually.

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The shift would take away a significant chunk of the county’s library funding and give the city freedom to fund its own libraries as it pleases.

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The Hunt Branch Library, a historic mid-century modern library located in Fullerton, reopened to the public following four phases of restoration in April 2024.

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After back tracking on over a 100 teacher layoffs, Anaheim Union High School District officials are cutting the only public Arabic class in OC after almost doing so last year.

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Orange County officials are struggling to find a qualified CEO to run one of the largest county governments in the country after reports that the hiring process has become politicized and plagued with leaks.

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Board members picked Stefan Bean, who ran for the position and lost in 2022, to replace outgoing Superintendent Al Mijares this month.

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OC Board of Education members are expected to pick a new county superintendent of schools for the next two years after the current one announced his retirement in April.

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Haskett Branch Library hosts free events for residents and children to explore other ways of life.

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The candidates include the current interim superintendent, a candidate who ran for the job and lost last election and a former south OC superintendent who was abruptly fired at the end of 2022.

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Anna Piercy, also a former Cypress mayor, passed away Monday after a battle with cancer, leaving behind a vacant seat on the Anaheim Union High School District Board of Trustees.

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City leaders and librarians have been at odds for months over what books should be allowed at the public library and whether or not their role should be outsourced to a private company.

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District officials called for a hearing in an effort to protect certain programs, including AP courses. A host of parents and teachers say the hearings are disrupting students' education.

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Parents are calling on district officials to live stream their meetings and to change a board policy on public comments that they say limits public input.

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While OC Department of Education Superintendent Al Mijares announced plans to return a few weeks ago, he now plans to retire by the end of June.

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The Department of Education superintendent hasn’t been to a public meeting since December 2022 and officially went on medical leave last August, but some are asking why the leave wasn’t publicly announced.

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A slim majority of Orange Unified School Board members decided it was time for a new school board president following the recall of two members and claims the past president violated people’s First Amendment rights.

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Voters decided to recall Orange Unified School Board Trustees Rick Ledesma and Madison Miner out of office after the abrupt firing of a superintendent last year and their support for banning the pride flag.

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