Two employees were honored with peer recognition awards at the recent celebration of School Bus Driver Day at the District's transportation facility. Richard Avila, School Bus Driver and Delegated Behind-the-Wheel School Bus Driver Trainer, and Thang Le, Heavy Duty Mechanic, received this year's special recognition. Mr. Avila has worked for OUSD since 2005 and serves students at Palmyra and La Veta Elementary Schools and Portola Middle School during his daily route assignments. When not transporting students, he uses his expertise as a driver trainer to train and maintain the high driving standards required for each OUSD school bus driver. The acknowledgment was a surprise to Avila who remarked... Read More

Orange Unified School District (OUSD) announced today that fifteen District schools were selected by California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) to receive the title of 2011 Honor Roll School. Only 1,614 public schools in California received this recognition. Honor Roll Schools demonstrate consistently high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement levels over time, and reduction in achievement gaps among student populations. For high schools, the Honor Roll recognition also includes measures of college readiness. OUSD schools named on CBEE’s 2011 Honor Roll include... Read More