Centinela Valley Union High School District

• Election Results Chart

Centinela Valley Union High School District - Governing Board

• Daily Breeze
• November 04, 2009

• Centinela Valley Head Accuses Scroc of Violations

The head of the Centinela Valley Union High School District has accused officials from a local vocational training center of illegal governing practices and withholding financial information, charges that center officials deny. The move could set the district up to remove its membership with the Southern California Regional Occupational Center, which would temporarily displace 400 students enrolled in programs there.

• Daily Breeze
• December 05, 2009

• Escuelas de Vanguardia

Conocido por su alto nivel de desempeño académico, muchos de los padres y alumnos que se benefician de sus buenos resultados, desearían contar con una secundaria que mantuviera el mismo nivel de excelencia. Sin embargo, antes de que las escuelas [Da Vinci] existieran, hasta un 40% de los estudiantes de la intermedia Dana (en el distrito [Wiseburn]) se veían catapultados hacia la secundaria Howthorne, que ofrece pobres resultados académicos y los retos del problemático distrito Centinela Valley Union High School District. Pensamos que muchos recursos de nuestra empresa serían muy valiosos para el avance educativo de los estudiantes", dice [Arthur Lofton], señalando que así surgió la idea de crear el laboratorio, donar más de mil horas de trabajo voluntario de sus expertos, y servir de i...

• La Opinión; Los Angeles, Calif.
• March 04, 2010

• Centinela Flap Is Latest Ammo for Mcvarish Critics

LONG BEACH - A public feud dividing the Long Beach teachers' union that erupted again this week has raised questions about past ties between the union's controversial executive director and a Long Beach school board member. The past ties were discussed in a letter sent this week to hundreds of teachers by union board members who want to see Executive Director Scott McVarish fired. The letter cites allegations that while working at a prior position in the South Bay, McVarish impeded a Centinela Valley Union High School District investigation into potential teacher misconduct in 2003.

• Press Telegram
• August 21, 2007

• Final Election Results Chart

Following are final, unofficial returns from Tuesday's local elections: Centinela Valley Union High School District - Governing Board

• Daily Breeze
• November 05, 2009

• Centinela School Tensions Escalate

Tensions between Centinela Valley Union High School District parents and officials reached a tipping point Tuesday when a group of parents confronted Superintendent Jose Fernandez in the lobby of district offices. The parents, looking to obtain two year's worth of school board agendas in the hopes of lifting a veil of secrecy they say has plagued the district for years, stopped the superintendent as he was leaving a school board meeting and accused him of promoting administrative mismanagement, closed-door politics and racism.

• Daily Breeze
• August 28, 2009

• Centinela Braces for $3.5 Million in Cuts

After pinning its hopes for solvency on a parcel tax, the Centinela Valley Union High School District on Wednesday was reeling from election-day defeat and bracing for cuts now required to simply stay afloat. The beleaguered school system must immediately trim $3.5 million in expenses to be solvent for fall, according to interim Superintendent Jose Fernandez, who said that "everything imaginable" is up for possible elimination.

• Daily Breeze
• June 05, 2008

• Friday's Letters to the Editor

District wrong to drop SCROC It is incredibly sad that the board over at Centinela Valley Union High School District has decided to withdraw from the Southern California Regional Occupational Center.

• Daily Breeze
• December 18, 2009

• Two Centinela Valley Incumbents Out Despite Endorsements, Contributions

A powerful endorsement and plentiful campaign contributions were not enough for a slate of three candidates to win seats on the Centinela Valley Union High School District Board of Education this week. In a district where incumbents historically have had a tough time getting re-elected, voters Tuesday also ousted all but one incumbent in the seat-specific race.

• Daily Breeze
• November 05, 2009

• Special Jobs Program Is Honored

A program at the Centinela Valley Union High School District will be honored today for its contributions to the field of special education. The California Commission on Special Education selected the district's Transition Services Program for the Grazer Outstanding Achievement in Learning Award.

• Daily Breeze
• May 27, 2008