To our community:

Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) is striving to provide an exceptional education to every student who enters our schools.  Understanding how to best serve our students begins with fostering strong positive relationships with parents and the community.   For the first time, CVUSD conducted a District-wide survey, School Quality Survey for parents, staff and students grades 6-12.  Please visit our website https://www.chino.k12.ca.us/ (District Shortcuts on the left) to review the results of the 2017 School Quality Survey.

(April 26, 2017)

Cal Aero Preserve

Academy students

first to begin

new school year

More than 620 students began the 2017-2018 school year today (July 6) at Cal Aero Preserve Academy in Chino.

For the complete story and more photos, click here.

(July 6, 2017)

A message for Cal Aero

Preserve Academy

from Superintendent

Wayne M. Joseph

July 5, 2017

Hello, this is Mr. Wayne Joseph, Superintendent of Chino Valley Unified School District, welcoming you to the 2017-2018 school year.

Thursday, July 6, is the first day of school for Cal Aero Preserve Academy students on Year Round Tracks A, B, and C. The first day of school for Track D is Monday, July 31, and Cal Aero junior high students will begin the school year on Monday, Aug. 14.

We hope you are excited about all the possibilities in the coming year.

Students, come to school prepared to work and learn. Administrators, teachers, and staff members, use your training, compassion, and enthusiasm to guide the students. Parents, remind your children that education is important, encourage good attendance, help them with their homework, and attend their school activities. All your efforts will help shape the future.

Again, welcome back and have a great school year.

Thank you.

(July 5, 2017)

CVUSD to receive $20,000

grant to help homeless,

unaccompanied students

Chino Valley Unified School District has been selected as a recipient of a 2017-2018 Community Impact Grant from the Inland Empire United Way in the amount of $20,000 for the EXCEL program that helps high school homeless and unaccompanied youth.

For the complete story, click here.

(July 5, 2017)

For the latest on the

Measure G school

construction and

modernization bond, click here.

(June 30, 2017)

Board of Education

meeting June 29

Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education will meet 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 29, in the Board Room of the District Office, 5130 Riverside Drive, Chino.

The meeting is open to the public.

(June 23, 2017)

Board of Education to vote

June 29 on 2017/2018 budget

Chino Valley Unified School District’s combined budget for the 2017-2018 school year is expected to be $277.7 million. The combined budget reflects both restricted and unrestricted funding.

The Board is expected to approve the document at its next regularly scheduled meeting, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at the District Office, 5130 Riverside Drive, Chino. The meeting is open to the public.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 23, 2017)

2017-2020 Local Control

and Accountability Plan 

available for review

Chino Valley Unified School District’s annually updated three-year plan to increase academic performance for all students is available for review by the public and will be considered for approval at the 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 29 Board of Education meeting at the District Office, 5130 Riverside Drive.

The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is required of California school districts each year as part of the State’s effort to allow districts to have more control over the State money they receive, as well as to increase support to English Learners, foster youth, and low-income students.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 23, 2017)

Board of Education approves

six new administrators

at its June 15 meeting

Three new administrators were named to the Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) staff at the June 15 Board of Education meeting.

In addition, the Board on June 15 approved the promotions of two CVUSD assistant principals to principal posts, and an assistant principal from an elementary school to a junior high.

For the complete story and more photos, click here.

(June 23, 2017)

FairKids Field Trips offer

curriculum-based learning

For more than 15 years, the FairKids Field Trip program offered during the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona has provided students and teachers the opportunity to enjoy an interactive educational experience.

The free trips are designed for preschool through high school students. The program’s curriculum is aligned with the California State Department of Education standards.

Students and their chaperones may take the trips Wednesday through Friday throughout the run of the Los Angeles County Fair, which is Sept. 1 to 24 this year. The Fairgrounds are open three hours early (9:00 a.m.) for school children to participate in controlled fun and educational activities related to agriculture, art, science, literature, California heritage, and life on the farm.

Bus transportation for the FairKids program is funded by community donations and sponsorships through the Big Yellow Bus program.

Teachers and principals seeking more information on FairKids should visit the website:

http://tlcfairplex.org/fair/home

(June 22, 2017)

CVUSD employee group

presents scholarships

CHAMP, the group that represents management employees in the Chino Valley Unified School District, presented scholarships to two children of its members at the June 15 Board of Education meeting in Chino.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 16, 2017)

Chona Wroth named 2017

School Nurse of the Year

Chona Wroth, a school nurse for the Chino Valley Unified School District since 2007, has been named the 2017 School Nurse of the Year by the Associated Chino Teachers.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 12, 2017)

Child Development teacher

receives special recognition from

Associated Chino Teachers

Joann Bartel, head child development teacher at the Children’s Center on the Chino Valley Adult School campus in Chino, has received special recognition by the Associated Chino Teachers (ACT) for her work at the center.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 12, 2017)

Don Lugo High’s Brianna Cabrera

named CIF  Southern Section

‘Champion for Character’

Brianna Cabrera, an incoming senior at Don Lugo High in Chino, has been named a CIF Southern Section Champion for Character. The award represents the “very finest in sportsmanship, character, integrity, and athletics,” according to Rob Wigod, Commissioner of Athletics for the CIF.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 12, 2017)

Alternative Education’s Dorie Prieto

named 2017 Counselor of the Year

Dorie Prieto, a counselor at Chino Valley Unified School District’s Alternative Education Center in Chino Hills, has been named the 2017 Counselor of the Year by the Associated Chino Teachers.

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(June 9, 2017)

Townsend Junior High music teacher

2017 Secondary Teacher of the Year

Longtime Townsend Junior High music teacher Anne Rutt has been named the 2017 Secondary Teacher of the Year by the Associated Chino Teachers.

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(June 9, 2017)

Hidden Trails teacher is 2017

Elementary Teacher of the Year

Susan Ramsey, a fifth-grade teacher at Hidden Trails Elementary School in Chino Hills, has been named the 2017 Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Associated Chino Teachers (ACT).

For the complete story, click here.

(June 9, 2017)

Check out the recent videos made

by Chino Hills High’s DIGITAL Crew

They include features on the school’s Solar Boat Club, the Business Academy of Hospitality and Tourism’s field trip to Disneyland to find out how the amusement park resort operates its hotels and food service programs, The DIGITAL Club’s program, and highlights of the 2016 Chino Hills High Varsity Football season.

This is the first year for the DIGITAL CREW, which is comprised of student videographers, led by English teacher Mike Rolland.

Solar Boat Club:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndke_TC1NJw

Business Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (BAHT) Goes to Disneyland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo9SpkyGR4k

DIGITAL Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y51umKRZfos

2016 Varsity Football highlights

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRLbal5HiIC3ky3zf0JMXofntpeG97-sO

(June 9, 2017)

Chino Valley Unified honors

retirees, milestone employees

Chino Valley Unified School District’s retiring employees and staff members who hit service milestones were honored May 23 at the 2016-2017 Employee Retirement and Recognition Reception at Chaffey College Chino Community Center.

For the complete story and more photos, click here.

(June 7, 2017)

Rolling Ridge Elementary

‘icon’ named CSEA’s 2017

Unsung Hero of the Year

Patrick Gonzales, custodian at Rolling Ridge Elementary School in Chino Hills, has been named the 2017 Classified School Employees Association (CSEA) Unsung Hero of the Year.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 7, 2017)

Chino Valley Odyssey of

the Mind team wins first

place in 2017 World Finals

A student team from Rhodes Elementary School in Chino took first place in its division at the 2017 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals held in late May at Michigan State University.

For the complete story, click here.

(June 5, 2017)

CHHS senior new student

representative to the

CVUSD Board of Education

Jonah Botello, an incoming senior at Chino Hills High School, is the new student representative to the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education.

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(June 5, 2017)

Buena Vista High Class of 2017 Graduation Ceremony in pictures

June 1, 2017, Buena Vista High Quad

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(June 2, 2017)

Chino Hills High Class of 2017 Graduation Ceremony

in pictures

May 31, 2017, Citizens Business

Bank Arena, Ontario

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(June 2, 2017)

Ayala High Class of 2017 Graduation Ceremony in pictures

May 31, 2017, Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario

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(June 2, 2017)

Don Lugo High Class of 2017

Graduation Ceremony

May 30, 2017, Citizens Business

Bank Arena, Ontario

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(June 2, 2017)

Chino High Class of 2017

Graduation Ceremony

May 30, 2017, Citizens Business

Bank Arena, Ontario

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(June 1, 2017)

First combined graduation

ceremony at Chino Valley

Adult School is family affair

The feeling of family was overwhelming at the Chino Valley Adult School Graduation, held May 24 in the school’s multi-purpose room in Chino.

The graduates – ranging in age from teens to seniors -- hugged each other, gave high-fives and thumbs up, and cheered wildly for their classmates. Half of the room was filled with cheering family members armed with cards, balloons and flowers.

For the complete story and more photos, click here.

(June 1, 2017)

A message from

Superintendent

Wayne M. Joseph

May 16, 2017

On Thursday, May 11, 2017, the California State Board of Education took no action on Oxford Preparatory Academy-Chino’s charter renewal appeal. The State Board’s decision not to prevent the expiration of OPA-Chino’s charter on June 30^th of this year, has reverberated throughout the Chino Valley.

One news report stated that State Board members grappled with whether the school “might be fatally encumbered with unknown debts accrued by its ousted founder.”

Some months ago, on January 3, 2017, the San Bernardino County Board of Education voted unanimously (5-0) not to receive Oxford-Chino’s renewal petition based on similar reasons. County Board member Laura Mancha publicly expressed at that meeting her concerns regarding the County exposing themselves to unknown and long-term liability.

When I spoke to the Oxford parents at Chino Hills High School on December 20, 2016, I expressed the same reservations that the San Bernardino County Board of Education and the State Board of Education were to elucidate later concerning the unidentified financial liability that may be in Oxford’s future. In short, three separate entities, our District, the County, and the State ultimately reached the same conclusion.

What has been lost in the discussion (for some) is that no recovery plan can anticipate the unknown. I could not, in good conscience, recommend to my Board that they embrace potentially large financial liabilities that may be looming in the coming months. Oxford officials characterized this as an unwillingness by the District to work with them, not acknowledging that there may be more challenges in the ensuing days for Oxford.

But all of these reasons, credible though they may be, do not offer the solace and comfort that is sought by Oxford students, parents, and employees. Any discussion short of how to “save the school” is met with disappointment and heartbreak.

My Board and I are committed to making the transition for Oxford students as seamless as we possibly can. We have enough student seats throughout the District to place all of the Oxford students if need be, and though we may not be able to give parents their first or even second choice of schools within our District, we will do our best to try to accommodate each and every request.

At our November 28, 2016, board meeting, I spoke of a “rainbow” occurring after all the torrential rains are over. My Board and I are ready to work to make that rainbow a reality for all of Oxford-Chino’s students.

(May 16, 2017)

Initial meeting of Measure G

Citizens’ Oversight Committee

includes orientation, timeline

The Measure G Citizens’ Oversight Committee met for the first time Tuesday night (March 21) to go over its role, committee bylaws, open meeting laws, and a project list and timeline for the $750 million school construction and modernization bond that was approved by voters in November.

For the complete story, including the initial Measure G projects, click here.

(March 23, 2017)

UPDATE

Nº. 4 / February 2017

The Board of Education gave preliminary direction to CVUSD staff in January on implementing the $750 million Measure G school construction and modernization bond approved by voters in November.  The following is a tentative schedule of the next steps with regard to the sale of bonds and project schedules under the first issuance of bonds. Dates and events will be updated as they become finalized.

• Bond Process
  • February/March 2017 – Obtain credit ratings
    

• March 16 board meeting - Adopt Resolution to Issue Bonds
  • Finalize Bond Structure
  • Print Preliminary Official Statement
  • Market Credit and Structure to Investors
    

• April/May 2017 – Price Bonds/Sell to Investors
  • Notify County of Debt Service
  • Close Transaction and Deliver Bond Funds
  • Money available for projects

Get Informed, Get Involved

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MEASURE G!

(Feb. 15, 2017)

UPDATE

Nº. 3 / February 2, 2017

Presentation to Board of Education

The Board of Education appointed the following to the Citizens’ Oversight Committee on Measure G at the February 2, 2017, meeting:

Member active in a business organization representing the business community located with the school district’s geographic boundary:

• Robert Basile

Member active in a senior citizens’ organization

• Brett Benson

Member active in a bona fide taxpayer’s organization

• Mark Hargrove

Member parent/guardian of an enrolled CVUSD student residing in the community of Chino, Chino Hills or South Ontario

• Kevin Cisneroz
• William Kolbow
• Connie Harr

Member parent/guardian of an enrolled CVUSD student and active in a parent-teacher organization, such as a parent teacher association or school site council residing in the community of Chino, Chino Hills or South Ontario

• Mariaelena Gomez-Lecaro
• Bonnie Tran

At-large member residents of the community of Chino, Chino Hills or South Ontario

• Carol Cole
• Don Bridge
• Mike Rohrer

UPDATE

Nº. 2 / January 19, 2017

Presentation to Board of Education

The process of implementing Chino Valley Unified School District’s Measure G school construction and modernization bond was briefly explained to the Board of Education Thursday night by bond consultants Robert Barna of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company and Ann Rohlin of Norton Rose Fulbright. 

To see the complete update, click here.

To see all the steps of the bond process, click here.

UPDATE

Nº. 1 / January 2017

The passage of Measure G will provide a major investment in our schools, not just for the students currently attending but for generations to come.

For more, click here.

Next Steps: Measure G

Now that the results of Chino Valley Unified School District’s Measure G have been certified, activity has begun to kick off the $750 million bond program. The most common question is when will the community see something built or go up or change as a result of Measure G’s passage.

For the complete story, click here.

Updated Local Control and Accountability Plan approved

Chino Valley Unified School District’s annual plan to increase academic performance for all students was approved by the Board of Education at its June 30 meeting.

The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is required of California school districts each year as part of the State’s effort to allow districts to have more control over the State money they receive, as well as to increase support to English Learners, foster youth, and low-income students. It must be updated each year and reflects the academic goals for a three-year period.

Chino Valley Unified School District’s LCAP is available on the District’s website at www.chino.k12.ca.us (click on LCAP/LCFF under District Shortcuts on left side of page, and then click on the 2016/2017 LCAP link).

For the complete story, click here.

CVUSD Board of Education approves Long Range Facilities Master Plan

More than $1 billion in school construction projects have been identified in the Long Range Facilities Master Plan approved by the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education at its June 30 meeting.

To see the complete story, click here.

To see the PowerPoint presentation from the June 16, 2016 Board of Education meeting on the 2016 Long Range Facilities Master Plan, click here.

To see the 2016 Long Range Facilities Master Plan, click here. (Download may take a few minutes)

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