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Education
Former La Reina principal seeks Ventura County schools post
Maggie Marschner, the last principal of Thousand Oaks' La Reina High School, faces Karen Sher in a Nov. 3 runoff for Ventura County superintendent of schools, the first open-seat race since 1934.
Education
Oaks Christian ranks No. 1 boarding school in California
Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village earned an A+ overall grade and the No. 1 K-12 boarding school ranking in California in Niche's 2027 school ratings, with its athletics program placing in the top 1 percent nationally.
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Cal Lutheran opens esports center and varsity program Oct. 16
California Lutheran University will open a new gaming center in a remodeled Nygreen Hall on Oct. 16, adding esports as the school's 25th athletic team and creating a community hub for local high school tournaments and open play.
Education
Cal Lutheran server failure knocks out Wi-Fi, tools on first day
A virtualized server failure at California Lutheran University knocked out campus Wi-Fi and academic tools including Canvas and MyCLU on the first day of the 2026-27 school year, leaving students navigating with paper maps while IT staff restored services over multiple days.
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Newbury Park High opens IB classes to freshmen and sophomores
Newbury Park High School is offering IB Middle Years Programme classes to 9th and 10th graders for the first time in the 2026-27 school year, making CVUSD the first Ventura County district with a complete TK-12 IB continuum; the GATE advisory council also elected Alia Matthews as its new chair.
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Maple Elementary drops Chromebooks for outdoor learning push
Maple Elementary in Newbury Park is removing Chromebooks from its youngest classrooms and sending all grades outside daily under a new nature-based learning program, while CVUSD's board-approved resolution kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month on Sept. 15.
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CVUSD board backs voter pre-registration push for high schoolers
The Conejo Valley Unified School District Board of Education adopted a resolution supporting California High School Voter Education Weeks, encouraging 16- and 17-year-old students to pre-register to vote online as the first education week begins Sept. 14.
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Thirteen CVUSD seniors earn National Merit semifinalist honors
Thirteen seniors from Newbury Park High and Westlake High earned semifinalist status in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program, placing them among fewer than 16,000 students selected from more than 1.2 million entrants nationwide.
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