Reversing a district panel that had narrowly recommended the sixth edition of World Civilizations: The Global Experience for use in AP world history classes, the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees unanimously rejected the textbook for leaning too far to the left.
That's philosophically, not physically.
A man who is not enrolled at UC Irvine stabbed another man during a fight at a party on campus early today, according to UCI officials.
The victim's wounds are not considered life-threatening, and UCI police are still looking for the 22-year-old suspect, according to the university.
A letter to parents from the district superintendent today--followed by police confirmation--indicates that Brea Olinda High School's 2009 teacher of the year was arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly having sex with one of her male students.
Math instructor Michelle Lynn Johnson, 45, was taken into custody at her Anaheim home, Brea police Sgt. Jim Griffin said.
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See Update No. 3 at the bottom of Page 2 on Ross Ornelas, the brother of the suspect, identifying himself as the one who turned Robert Ornelas in to authorities. Update No. 2 on page 2 has more details on the evidence and possible federal child porn charges coming. Update No. 1 on the next page details the current charges, possible punishment and revelation that the victim was a girl relative who was 5 when the molestations began.
ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 13, 11:26 A.M.: Robert Ruben Ornelas' mugshot is beyond the Ugliest Police Mugshot of the Week. Indeed, it's The Police Mugshot Most Likely to Make Phil Spector Jealous. The former Santa Ana teacher, girls softball coach and day-care worker's alleged crime is ugly: molesting a girl, age 12 or younger, from 1990-95. 
Photos courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's Department
See the update at the end of this post about the charges prosecutors have leveled against Wikstrom and the punishment the veteran local baseball coach faces with a conviction.
ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 13, 9:47 A.M.: Another high school baseball coach in Anaheim has been accused of using social media to get his rocks off with unsuspecting boy players. Katella High School's Edwin Alan Wikstrom of Anaheim was arrested while coaching a baseball game in Lakewood. The charge: suspicion of sending sexually explicit text messages to minors.
Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company based in Santa Ana, made gains this year that shot its stock price up 12.1 percent as of the close of trading Monday. But those gains were gone by Tuesday.
See Update No. 2 at the end of this post about the cause of Valley High's boiler-room blast remaining a mystery. Update No. 1 is about students who sought treatment and were hospitalized.
ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 11, 11:12 A.M.: A boiler-room explosion before classes started at Valley High School in Santa Ana this morning frayed nerves, and there are conflicting reports about injuries. KABC/Channel 7 just tweeted a breaking news alert claiming four were hospitalized, but fire and school officials had previously told reporters no one was injured and no students had been in the area of the blast.
See the update at the end of this post about the Newport-Mesa Unified School District confirming Ron Martin is on paid leave because of a report of battery involving a student.
ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 11, 1:10 P.M.: A Corona del Mar High School drama teacher has been on paid leave since Wednesday because of a physical altercation with a student, school officials disclosed today.
Photo by Matt Coker/OC Weekly Ron Martin with Karyl Ketchum, the mother of a Corona del Mar High drama student who was harassed by football players in 2009.
The incident that sparked the employee discipline happened earlier this year, and the teacher was not identified by Laura Boss, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District spokeswoman.
But behind its fabled paywall, the Orange County Register identified the teacher as Ron Martin, who could not be reached by the Weekly for confirmation. Readers may recall Martin as the teacher at the center of controversy in late 2008 and early 2009 over the production of Rent on campus.
A white man about 30 years old and 5-foot-9 with an average build, light brown hair and brown eyes is probably a pretty common sight in Brea. This particular fellow was even wearing the usual OC yuppie uniform: button-down dress shirt and khaki pants. But what he's wanted for has prompted police to step up patrols around Brea Olinda High School.
Last night, Anaheim City School District (ACSD) board members sided with new Superintendent Linda Wagner's decision to transfer Principal Roberto Baeza out of Benito Juarez Elementary, parent protests be damned! At the meeting, they also approved and announced a new hire for Juarez: current Mann Elementary Vice Principal Cecilia Román, with the supe touting her as a fluent Spanish speaker who has twenty years of experience working in the district--nevermind Baeza can also speakee Spanish, too!
Principal Roberto Baeza
That didn't sit well with Juarez parents.
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