WILDFIRE FALLOUT: Mira Costa High School welcomes 125 new students
by Mark McDermott Pacific Palisades was still in flames when the calls started coming. Within days, some of the town’s young residents began arriving on Manhattan Beach Unified School District campuses. As the fires finally died out, more kept arriving, especially to Mira Costa High School, where on one day alone last week 56 new […]
RBUSD boardmembers: Silverman Nemeth questions Strutzenberg
by Garth Meyer Redondo Unified school district Boardmemember Rachel Silverman Nemeth made a statement at the Oct. 8 board meeting calling for fellow Boardmember Rolf Strutzenberg to “focus” in their work on behalf of the district. Strutzenberg recused himself earlier on the agenda from an approval of purchase orders, due to his stated conflict of […]
About Town Redondo: RBUSD ranked top district in L.A., SoCAL ROC enrollment up
Niche rates RBUSD top school district in L.A. Redondo Beach Unified School District has been ranked the best school district in greater Los Angeles in Niche ratings 2025, which also put RBUSD at no. 5 statewide, and no. 40 nationally, out of 10,561 districts assessed. Niche, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., evaluates districts using submitted reviews […]
EDUCATION: School board authorizes up to 38 employee layoffs
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education authorized the layoffs of as many as 38 employees, including 33 teachers, at its February 28 meeting. Twenty of those layoffs were hoped to be rescinded if the Measure MB parcel tax was successful at the March 5 election. Trustees expressed sadness and […]