Caps Off to LBHS Class of 2018
By Gabrielle Mix, Special to the Independent
“Perseverance is incredibly powerful and the great thing is, everyone has it in them,” Lauren Tran, Laguna...
Absent School Board Member Returns
Amid controversy about missing school board meetings for more than three months, Carol Normandin took her seat again on the Laguna Beach Unified School...
Retiring El Morro principal Chris Duddy dies in sleep
El Morro School principal Chris Duddy died in his sleep Tuesday, school district officials said in a press release. He was 57.
Duddy was slated...
Seniors Stride Into Their Future
By Charlie Warner, Special to the Independent
After four years in high school, the senior class of 2017 embarked this week on a new journey.
Before...
Laguna Beach USD consultant shares roadmap to confront institutional racism
By Breeana Greenberg, Special to the Independent
The Laguna Beach Unified School District, in partnership with a consulting firm, has taken the first steps to...
Laguna Beach USD Superintendent’s new salary exceeds $331,000
The top employee of the Laguna Beach Unified School District will see his annual salary increase to $331,813 starting Friday.
A 3% pay increase and...
Laguna Beach USD to survey parents on schooling during pandemic
By Daniel Langhorne | LB Indy
The Laguna Beach Unified School District will resume distance learning on Aug. 24, following parents’ mixed reaction to a...
Parents and students rally for Laguna Beach USD to nix proposed schedule change
More than 60 Laguna Beach parents and students waived colorful signs and chanted at Park Avenue and Legion Street on Friday to protest a...
Laguna Beach High School Class of 2021 Scholarship Awards
Laguna Beach High School Scholarship Foundation presented scholarships to 99 graduating students on May 21. The funds awarded total $355,125.
A. H. Robertson Memorial Scholarship...
Updated: Gifted Teacher, Musician Roger Shew Dies
Roger Shew, the popular jazz instructor in the Laguna Beach public schools, died eight months after his diagnosis with cancer.
Laguna Beach USD school bus yard eyed for potential housing site
By Breeana Greenberg, Special to the Independent
The Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education and City Council discussed adding the school bus yard...
LBHS Students Deliver Care Packages to the Homeless
By Justine Amodeo
The memory of a homeless woman sitting in the cold on a bench eating a hot dog in front of the Laguna...
A New Language School Steeped in Encouragement — and Love
By Barbara McMurray, Special to the Laguna Beach Independent
“Bravo, come parli bene!” (“Wow, how well you speak!”) Sean Cook heard this often as a...
Anneliese Names New Head of Willowbrook Campus
Anneliese Schools has tapped Wendy Bana as Head of School of the Willowbrook Campus, the private school announced in a press release Wednesday.
Bana returns...