The City of Santa Ana opted to replace its current school crossing guard program with a volunteer system after the city clashed with the Santa Ana Unified School District over which entity should pay for the service for school children. Faced with a decision to renew its $7.7 million crossing guard program for the next…

Santa Ana Unified School District leaders announced it would maintain two recently-adopted courses on the Israel-Palestine conflict amid complaints from local Jewish groups that say the content is antisemitic. At a May 23 board meeting, Superintendent Jerry Almendarez said the district wouldn’t remove any content from the two courses it adopted in April as part…

An ongoing clash between the city of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Unified School District over funding for crossing guards could threaten the safety of thousands of students. Santa Ana city councilors last week voted 5–2 to delay a decision to renew a $7 million agreement to fund school crossing guards for up to…

The Santa Ana Unified School Board in Orange County, California recently approved a policy that would allow transgender students to use the pronouns, name, restrooms, locker rooms, physical education classes, and athletic teams of their preferred gender—and directs staff to keep students’ transgender status private from parents unless authorized by the student. The policy, which…

Parents and community members spoke out against the Santa Ana Unified School District’s referring students to the National Suicide Hotline, which they say surveys children about their genders and sexualities without parental consent, and The Trevor Project, a national LGBT organization promoting chatrooms with controversial topics for young people. At a Nov. 2 Orange County…

Santa Ana voters will decide how long city officials can remain in office—along with other charter amendments—on the November ballot. Measure H would limit trustees on the Santa Ana Unified School Board to three four-year terms and prohibit them from serving again once that time is up. Under the district’s current policy, there are no…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Mater Dei High School football player whose family previously claimed he was harassed and bullied was also allegedly sexually assaulted by a football player, according to a Santa Ana Police Department document released Monday. The alleged incident took place inside a locker room at Mater Dei High School last August, according…

Santa Ana public school students won’t be returning to class during the current curricular year. The Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) board voted March 23 to keep schools closed for in-person instruction for the remainder of the school year. Board members opted not to vote on creating a hybrid class schedule, following a presentation that…

SANTA ANA—As Santa Ana Unified School District board members prepare to consider a plan for reopening for in-person instruction a year since the COVID-19 pandemic forced students into distance learning, a prominent University of California–Irvine professor of pediatrics said today it’s safe for students to return to campuses. “I think they’re ready to open the…