Concerned residents and Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) board members alike are anticipating robust discussion at tonight’s board meeting as frustrations mount over funding for school improvements. Funding for much-needed improvement projects within RUSD comes from money allocated from Meas
The halls of high schools are finally filled with the sounds of energetic students who are, yet again, adjusting to a new normal. It has been one month since students across Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) returned to in-person learning. Campuses moved seamlessly from phases two and three o
As 12,000 elementary students prepare to head back to the classroom throughout Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) next week, district leadership says secondary students are not far behind. Starting Tuesday, March 9th, the 60 percent of RUSD families who selected the in-person model for the 202
After nearly 15 months since Martin Luther King High School seniors Francisco Zavaleta and Edger Ortega last toed the line with their cross-country teammates, on February 6th they raced alongside 33 other competetors but winning was not their greatest objective. “It was exciting just to be racing ag
In a unanimous vote of support, Riverside Unified School District’s Board of Education appointed Chief Academic Officer Renee Hill to succeed David Hansen, Ed.D., as superintendent beginning in July this year. Hill brings a career of nearly 40 years in education to the position, in both the public a
In-person classroom instruction for the general public remains dependent on the rise or fall of positive COVID-19 test results, but Riverside Unified School District has operated what they call “small cohorts” since last December. In this evening’s Board of Education meeting, RUSD board members will
After seven years as superintendent, and with a career of more than 30 years in Riverside Unified School District, Dr. David Hansen announced he will retire in July this year. In a letter addressed to the employees and families within RUSD last Thursday, Hansen said the decision to retire was not ma
