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On Tuesday, ACSA Region 17, which covers all school districts in Orange County, announced its 2024 Administrators of the Year including two LBUSD administrators. Victoria Webber, executive assistant to the superintendent and board, was named the Classified Leader of the Year, and El Morro Elementary School Principal Julie Hatchel, Ed.D., was named the Elementary Principal of the Year.
LBUSD today released its 2023 Annual Report to the Community, detailing the district’s educational initiatives, accomplishments, and vision for the future.
LBUSD is proud to announce the selection of Shannon Chastain, a third-grade teacher at El Morro Elementary School, as Teacher of the Year and Lynn Gregory, College and Career Specialist at Laguna Beach High School, as Classified Employee of the Year.
LBUSD celebrated the grand opening of its Family Resource Center on October 18, welcoming parents and staff members to an open house event that focused on showcasing the wide range of school-based mental health and family services available throughout the district.
This week, the CDE released test scores that report the percentage of students meeting state math, English language arts, and science standards statewide as measured by the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress. Scores in both ELA and mathematics surpassed the Orange County average by approximately 22 percent and exceeded the California state-wide average by approximately 32 percent in ELA and 34 percent in mathematics.
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Student to Device Ratio K-5
2019
Blue Ribbon School Award Winner
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Gold Ribbon School Award Winner
2019
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