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Meet the Biola trustee at the center of Orange County’s massive public education battle

Al Mijares is in a standoff with the Orange County Board of Education over proposed budget cuts for the 2019-20 school year.
Orange County Department of Education superintendent Al Mijares is currently in a legal standoff with his own department’s board due to disagreements over budget cuts.
Austin Green, Managing Editor • November 14, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Nov. 14, 2019). Al Mijares, the superintendent of Orange County’s Department of Education and a longtime Biola trustee, is in a heated standoff with the Orange County Board of Education over proposed budget cuts for the 2019-20 school year. The deadlock...

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Former Chimes opinions editor and current Cerritos College trustee Zurich Lewis shares lessons learned from the other side of college.
Zurich Lewis, Writer • November 3, 2015
Former Chimes opinions editor and current Cerritos College trustee Zurich Lewis shares lessons learned from the other side of college.