Education

California schools will suffer greatly if voters don’t pass Proposition 51 this November, a proponent of that measure said Thursday. If approved, the bond initiative will raise $9 billion for school repairs at K-12 facilities and community colleges throughout the state, said Jenny Hannah, chair of California’s Coalition for Adequate …

ITT Technical Institutes is shutting down all of its schools nationwide, including its Inland Empire campuses in Corona and San Bernardino, officials announced today. The closures, which were effective immediately, will impact more than 35,000 students and an estimated 8,000 employees, according to a statement released by ITT Educational Services …

The Baldy View Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California will host the Education Summit 2016. The event, which will be co-hosted by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, is scheduled to be held from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 8 at the Chaffee College Chino Community …

Perris Mayor Daryl Busch joined officials from the Perris Elementary School District for a ribbon cutting at Clearwater Elementary School. The K-6 grade campus at Nuevo and Murrieta roads cost $30 million to build and will serve 750 students when it opens officially on Aug. 18, according to a statement …

Orange Vista High School, the third high school in the Val Verde Unified School District, is scheduled to open Wednesday. An estimated 1,100 freshmen and sophomores are expected to begin classes on the new campus in Perris, which city and Riverside County and school district officials dedicated last week, according …

The measure, which will appear on the November ballot, would end the need for construction and refurbishment fees mandated by school districts that the building industry considers excessive. If it doesn’t pass, some housing construction could disappear, developers say. In November, Californians will vote on the California Public Education Facilities …