Claremont School News
CUSD has announced plans to use grant funds to establish a new student and family resource center in Oakmont Elementary’s former art room. News of the new center spurred public comment at the June 19 CUSD Board of Education meeting. Oakmont parent Juliet Kane is pictured after speaking during public comment. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
The topic of Claremont Unified School District’s interdistrict transfer (IDT) students continues to be one of the biggest issues among members of the Claremont community. School board candidates Joe Farrell, Hilary LaConte and Sam Mowbray fielded 14 questions during the Active Claremont sponsored candidates’ forum on Thursday with 4 of the questions focusing on IDTs. […]
While there are 2 seats up for grabs for this year’s Claremont Unified School District board election, the Claremont Faculty Association is endorsing just one candidate through this November. CFA chose to endorse incumbent Hilary LaConte during its monthly representative council meeting on Tuesday at the Alexander Hughes Center. The decision was made after a […]
Claremont Unified School District board member Hilary LaConte, Claremont resident Joe Farrell and former board member Sam Mowbray are the 3 candidates who are vying for the 2 open seats on the CUSD school board this fall. The road to November 8th is officially starting this month with all 3 candidates hosting their campaign kick-off […]
Sumner Elementary School will not be going into Program Improvement for the 2011-12 school year. After being on the Program Improvement watch list during the 2010-11 year, Sumner increased by 23 points (836 to 859) in its Academic Performance Index (API) score and met the Academic Yearly Progress targets in both English and math for […]
Chaparral Elementary School’s new principal Julie Olesniewicz believes nurturing the “whole child” is vital to providing a good education. Appointed by the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education on June 2nd, Ms. Olesniewicz is succeeding former Chaparral Principal Lori Kerns and wants to continue the school’s endeavor to develop students academically, socially and holistically. […]