Education

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 …

Students from Riverside Poly High School won first place in Riverside’s inaugural Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Challenge. Nearly 100 students participated in the recent three-day event, which was sponsored by the Advancement Academy and hosted by SolarMax Technology in Riverside, according to a statement. Participants were required to elect a chief executive …

The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino is looking to fill two administrative positions, one of which is new. The assistant director will play a key role in the organization and will report directly to Mike Stull, the center’s director, according to a statement. Monica Estrella, …

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has a new dean. Dr. Deborah Deas’ appointment was confirmed Monday by the University of California Regents Committee on Health Services, according to a university statement. She is scheduled to take over May 16. Deas, who will also be the school’s chief executive officer, …