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Laguna Beach Local News
By Breeana Greenberg, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach Unified School District Supt. Jason Viloria will earn a $322,149 annual base salary under a four-year contract approved by the Board of Education on a 4-1 vote June 24.
Effective Thursday, Viloria out-earns his counterpart in Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Supt. Russell Lee-Sung, who earns $298,000, according to his employment agreement. Newport-Mesa Unified is made up of 32 schools with about 19,000 enrolled students while Laguna Beach Unified consists of just four schools with less than 2,700 enrolled students.Â
Board member Dee Perry opposed Viloriaâs amended contract.
Over the last year, Viloria and school board members faced consistent scrutiny by a group of parents upset over distancing learning, including a November 2020 decision to keep middle and high school students at home even as surrounding school districts welcomed students back to campuses. These secondary students
Laguna Beach Local News
Laguna Beach students and parents protest the so-called “4 by 4” scheduled change at Park Avenue and Legion Street on May 21. Photo by Daniel Langhorne
More than 60 Laguna Beach parents and students waived colorful signs and chanted at Park Avenue and Legion Street on Wednesday to protest a proposed academic schedule for the Laguna Beach Unified School District.
Many of the protestors were frustrated with the so-called “4 by 4” model that would enroll students in four courses per semester for the 2021-22 school year, rather than the usual six courses. Students would also need to complete each course in a semester instead of the usual practice of an entire school year.