Category: Michael Parham

Capistrano Unified Board Faces Backlash for Termination of Superintendent

Capistrano Unified School District parents are frustrated over what they say is a lack of transparency surrounding the Board of Education’s decision to fire its superintendent “without cause” in a special meeting called just days before Christmas. After spending most of the Dec. 21 meeting in closed session, trustees voted 4–3 to terminate Kirsten Vital…


Veteran School Board Trustee Runs for Capistrano Unified

Michael Parham, who served over 12 years on the Irvine Unified school board, is now running for a recently vacated seat in the Capistrano Unified School District in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. “I’m running because I care about quality public schools,” Parham told The Epoch Times. “I know how to run a successful school…