IUSD has been told that contract negotiations are ongoing between Durham School Services and its association of bus drivers, and at this time the district is not anticipating any service disruptions.

The Orange County Register posted a couple of stories on its website this week involving IUSD’s high schools. Samantha Schaefer reports that Woodbridge High School’s award-winning percussion ensemble, currently ranked No.

Kids from Woodbury Elementary School took a unique approach to celebrating their teachers and staff Wednesday, staging a choreographed flash mob during a morning assembly.

Sierra Vista Middle School hosted its first ever "Night at the Museum" on Thursday, Feb. 2, showcasing scores of impressive student projects created for this year’s National History Day competition.

Young athletes in grades four through eight are encouraged to sign up for the 25th annual Irvine Junior Games, which will be held on Sunday, May 20 at Irvine Stadium.

The winners have been announced from this year’s Astounding Inventions contest, which was held Saturday at Irvine Valley College. To access the complete results in a PDF document, click here.

Of the 27 Orange County high school seniors selected as candidates in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, it turns out no fewer than 10 are from schools in IUSD.

The Carrs are definitely going places. It wasn’t that long ago that Katherine Carr, an Irvine High School junior, and sister Jacqueline, an eighth-grader at Venado Middle School, were submitting news releases about school events to the IUSD NewsFlash.

We expect to see some pretty thought-provoking projects at IUSD’s 31st annual District Science Fair, which will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at University High School.