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Scenes from the May 7 Board of Trustees Meeting: Students, teachers, and community members share their opinions about the impending RIF with AUHSD Cabinet members and Trustees during the meeting's student and public comments.

Trustees vote to proceed with teacher layoffs

Celine Park, Staff Writer May 9, 2024

The Anaheim Union High School District’s (AUHSD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to continue to follow through with the Certificated Reduction in Force (RIF) at their May 7 meeting. Seven teachers who did not request to participate in the layoff hearings were approved to receive their final layoff...

ASTA holds RIF rally during Oxford’s open house

Nandita Bussa, News Editor May 9, 2024

In response to the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD)’s recent mass Reduction in Force (RIF) notices that placed 253 teachers at risk of being laid off, the Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association (ASTA), or teacher’s union, organized a rally at Oxford Academy before their Open House celebrations...

Club Pride: Sophomore Angela Tran scouts members for Key Club at Club Rush. Key Club, one of Oxford's largest clubs, has been affected by the Reductions-in-Force.

Reduction-in-Force notices place pressure on club activities

Haley Nguyen, Editor in Chief May 9, 2024

Addressing the uncertainty regarding certificated staff availability next year to advise clubs amidst Reduction-in-Force (RIF) notices, the Inter-Club Council (ICC) permitted Oxford clubs to submit their returning organization documents without adviser signatures, extending time to find advisers to August. Omitting...

AI Tools: eKadence launches new Skrappy tool and other AI tools, costing $450k to the district.

eKadence launches Skrappy AI chatbot, AI tools

Lavanya Shyamsundar, Managing Editor May 7, 2024

eKadence, the nonprofit learning management system used by Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), is in the process of launching its new AI chatbot, Skrappy. The first pilot of eKadence was launched in the 2019-2020 school year with Cambridge Virtual Academy (CVA). The platform was provided to AUHSD...

AUHSD’s LCAP uses student input to drive change

Justin Le and Celine Park May 7, 2024

The Anaheim Union High School District’s (AUHSD) Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) final meeting will be on May 9 at the district office, where students, staff, and parents are invited to discuss and determine which action items will be pitched to the district’s Board of Trustees to assign...

HOSA, FBLA 2024 State Leadership Competition recap

HOSA, FBLA 2024 State Leadership Competition recap

Athena Xing, Staff Writer May 7, 2024

Future Healthcare Professionals-HOSA and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) have each won numerous awards in a competitive year at their respective organization’s State Leadership Conference (SLC). Through competitions recognizing students’ knowledge in the healthcare or business field, HOSA...

The Gamut staff celebrates their SCJEA achievement with Porto's during journalism class.

Gamut takes newspaper sweepstakes at SCJEA

Athena Xing, Staff Writer April 13, 2024

The Gamut took newspaper sweepstakes, the award for the most amount of awards received per newspaper, at the Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) state media competition hosted on Apr. 6 at California State University Long Beach. This is The Gamut’s first-ever state title. In...

Photo Courtesy of Mr Kim's Family

Honoring Mr. Kim’s Legacy

Trisha Phan and Lavanya Shyamsundar March 18, 2024

Beloved Oxford teacher Mr. David Kim passed away on Jan. 2, 2024. Oxford Academy is thankful for his many contributions to our campus. He joined the school in 2013 and was an integral part of this community. “Mr. Kim treated everyone like a dignitary. He cared for not only students and their...

CEO discovers what could be Earhart’s lost aircraft

CEO discovers what could be Earhart’s lost aircraft

Jimena Beltran, Senior Staff Writer March 18, 2024

The appearance of Amelia Earhart’s lost plane from her attempted 1937 flight around the globe is suggested in newly released results from an expedition in Nov. 2023. Earhart’s sudden disappearance during her voyage, became one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history after she never arrived at...

A Step Forward: California’s new settlement aims to tackle learning disparities caused by distance learning during the pandemic. (Photo by Street Lab)

California directs $2 billion settlement for learning loss recovery

Rachel Yoon, Managing Editor March 18, 2024

Settling the successful lawsuit run by Oakland and Los Angeles families, California will allocate $2 billion to help K-12 schools recover from “pandemic learning loss.” The settlement will help bridge large learning disparities, targeting low-income and minority students by implementing additional...

Tech titans are scrutinized in a Senate hearing

Millie Kwon, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

On Jan. 31 at the Washington D.C. Senate hearing, “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” CEOs of Meta, Discord, Snapchat, TikTok, and X were questioned on the security policies meant to protect children from harm on their respective social media platforms. Senators argued that...

AUHSD Superintendent Michael Matsuda speaks at the the Board of Trustees meeting in the district office on March 7. (Photo by Danny Banuelos Chavez)

AUHSD to lay off 119 teachers following unanimous Board of Trustees vote

Sydnee Cho, Digital Content Editor March 15, 2024

The Anaheim Union High School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to lay off 119 permanent teachers per Reduction in Force (RIF) plans at the March 7 Board of Trustees meeting.  The AUHSD Human Resources department confirmed with the union of Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association (ASTA),...

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