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With enrollment at 220 students, the virtual school will not be offered next year. About half the students have agreed to enroll in independent studies at Monte Vista, which will move to a new location.

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Keith Carmona will officially join the district in his new role on Jan. 17, replacing Mike Sciacca, who was promoted.

Print With coronavirus cases subsiding and students poised to return to campuses for full-day instruction later this month, Newport-Mesa Unified officials are left to decide the future of remote-learning models many families had come to rely on during the pandemic. Consequently, a cohort of students who for months have been livestreaming in-person classes at their home schools from the safety of their living rooms may have to reconsider their options come fall. School board members in a special...

Print Responding to parents’ requests to see middle- and high-school students allowed back on campus full time, Newport-Mesa Unified School Districts have approved a return to full-day instruction for secondary students, with some minor modifications, the starting week of April 26. In a special meeting Thursday evening, Supt. Russell Lee-Sung explained how district officials and site administrators had convened to discuss the option of increasing face time between students and teachers, who�...