ANAHEIM HIGH SCHOOL (Flickr/Eli Pousson).

Declining enrollment is leading to layoffs among faculty in the Anaheim Union High School District.

At its March 7 meeting, the AUHSD board took action to notify nearly 200 teachers that they may be terminated. although the precise number has not been determined.

“It was a challenging moment for all involved,” said AUHSD Superintendent Michael Matsuda, “and I understand all the emotions that have surfaced.”

The number of teachers given termination notices is expected to be closer to 100 to 110.

According to the district, these changes will be among a group of educators hired on a temporary basis. 

Some parents rallied on a march Thursday from Brookhurst Junior High to the AUHSD headquarters to protest the decision.

The AUHSD is a 7-12 system serving most of Anaheim and parts of Buena Park, Cypress and Stanton and is generally located between the Artesia Freeway (State Route 91) and Katella Avenue.

Adult day care center plan  goes to planners

A public hearing on a request for a conditional use permit to operate an adult day care center goes before the Garden Grove Planning Commission when it meets on Thursday, March 21.

The Lambertian Ministry Center, 12191 Magnolia Ave., is requesting the permit not only to add the center but to allow its continued operation as a religious facility. The Center, associated with the Christ Cathedral’s Catholic ministry to the Vietnamese community, now occupies the campus of the former Garden Grove Friends Church. The congregation there has relocated to a church  in Buena Park.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Ave.

Special HBUHSD meeting called Saturday

An unusual special meeting of the Huntington Beach Union High School Board of Trustees has been called for Saturday afternoon for a closesd session referring to “public employment: superintendent.”

Clint Harwick is the superintendent. The meeting is at 2 p.m. and its located at  5832 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach.