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CYPRESS

District Enrollment Rises by 3% to 4%

Enrollment in the Cypress School District has increased by 130 to 4,358 students, according to Supt. William D. Eller.

Eller said at a recent school board meeting that growth is slightly higher than anticipated earlier in the year.

“The district had about a 2% growth in enrollment last year, and it looks as if we’ll have about a 3% to 4% increase this year,” he said.

He said he expects enrollment to increase more.

State funding for schools is based on average daily attendance.

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TUSTIN

Reduced-Price Lunches Available

Lunches are available at reduced prices at all Tustin Unified School District campuses. At Jeane Thorman Elementary School and Tustin High School, breakfast is also offered.

Lunch prices are $1.60 at elementary schools, $1.75 at middle schools and $1.85 at high schools. Five-day tickets are available at $8 for elementary students, $8.75 at middle schools and $9.25 for high school students.

Milk and cookies are 30 cents each. A la carte menus will be offered for snacks and lunches at middle and high schools. *

SAN CLEMENTE

Aviation Science Award Received

San Clemente High School is flying high with the second year of its Aviation Science and Meteorology program. The program was piloted last year.

Celia Vanderpool, who teaches the program, recently received the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship and was honored this summer at an aviation conference in Norfolk, Va. Vanderpool also accepted an Aerospace Education Award on the school’s behalf.

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GARDEN GROVE

Bolsa Grande High 1975 Alumni Sought

The 1975 Class Reunion Committee for Bolsa Grande High School is seeking help in finding alumni.

People with recent phone numbers and addresses for alumni should call (714) 534-6706 or (714) 992-7248 before Dec. 1, said spokeswoman Darlene Jensen.

The reunion will be July 15 at the Crown Sterling Suites in Anaheim.

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IRVINE

School Opens at Woodbridge Village

The newest school in the Irvine Unified School District, South Lake Middle School in Woodbridge Village, opened last month with a single seventh-grade class.

Construction of the $8-million school will continue through the fall. The 65,000-square-foot, two-story school is next to Meadow Park Elementary School and will accommodate about 700 students when completed.

--COMPILED BY BERT ELJERA, BILL BILLITER, JEFF BEAN, JON NALICK AND RUSS LOAR