In-person learning is crucial to student development, but chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high since the start of the pandemic, and many students are falling behind.
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School district officials say they may wish to use an 11-acre parcel of surplus land in Newport Beach for an outdoor classroom, open space or something else that provides value, not just profit.
Corona del Mar and Estancia high schools, Dwyer Middle School in Huntington Beach and Masuda Middle School in Fountain Valley were the local schools to make the cut.