Following a comprehensive search process, the Irvine Unified School District Board of Education has selected Terry Walker to serve as the next superintendent of schools. Walker, a veteran educator who has earned distinction as IUSD’s assistant superintendent in charge of…
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Mayor Kang’s State of the City Address Looks to Irvine’s 40th Year
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
 The following were remarks delivered at Irvine City Hall Tuesday night by Mayor Sukhee Kang: I begin tonight’s State of the City Address by asking you to think about the year 1971. In 1971, the average new house cost…
IUSD Superintendent to Retire
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The IUSD community got a surprise in their email inbox Friday; an announcement that school superintendent Gail Gross has decided to retire. Dr. Gross has done an extraordinary job maintaining the quality of Irvine’s highly regarded schools with no help…
Register Publishes Salaries of Educators; But Remember Those Executive Bonuses?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The Orange County Register published the compensation of public school administrators, teachers and classified employees in its edition on Sunday. So if you’re dying to know how much your kid’s school principal makes or how much/how little a teacher earns,…
One of the Biggest Losers of Election Night: The Register’s Opinion Writers
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
We’ve noted all along that Orange County is home to a half-million plus registered Democrats who are virtually ignored by the Orange County Register’s editorial pages (not the news pages, the folks who write the editorials). Let’s see how these…
Our Picks in Irvine and Tustin
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It is without surprise that we endorse Mayor Sukhee Kang for re-election, Larry Agran to return to the Irvine City Council and commissioner Shiva Farivar to replace Christina Shea on the city council. The progressive majority took control of Irvine…
Our chat with Don Wagner
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I met AD-70 candidate Don Wagner at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event in Irvine last Friday and we spent a few minutes talking about the upcoming election. The very first thing I said to Don was express my condolences…
