O’Neill Elementary School

Two MV Christian Schools Moving

December 10, 2011

On Tuesday the Saddleback School Board is expected to approve leases of two closed public campuses to private Christian schools. MV’s O’Neill Elementary School will be leased to Mission Viejo Christian, which is currently located at Mission Viejo Christian Church at Jeronimo near Marguerite Parkway. Grades 1-8 will move to the new site while Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten will remain at the [...]

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Prep Academy Joins SVUSD Charter Effort

October 27, 2009

   A   new   school,   the    Oxford Preparatory Academy, is joining parents from the closed O’Neill School in seeking to establish a charter school within the Saddleback Unified School District. An earlier application by the O’Neill group was rejected by the SVUSD Trustees.    “We have a lot of interest by former O’Neil parents, other SVUSD parents, [...]

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Cover-up Belies Ury’s Tap Dance

September 29, 2009

   At last week’s City Council meeting, the City Attorney admitted filing a lawsuit against Saddleback School District without prior council approval. He was responding after the act was discovered and revealed by the Dispatch.     Mayor Ury and the Attorney tried to defend the matter as morally and ethically acceptable, but if so, why [...]

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New Tactics To Save O’Neill School

July 23, 2009

   On Monday a parents committee asked the City to take over the fight to save O’Neill Elementary School. The group, including two parents who are attorneys,  previously filed an application with SVUSD to convert the facility to a charter school, but the petition was denied by the Saddleback trustees.     The Council agreed to have the City Attorney investigate the environmental [...]

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O’Neill Resolution Added to MV Agenda

June 20, 2009

    A last minute item was added Friday to the City Council agenda for its budget workshop meeting on Monday.  A resolution of support for O’Neill Elementary School reiterates previous statements citing the historical significance of the school, the importance of preserving neighborhood schools, the academic award received by O’Neill, etc.     The belated resolution [...]

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Letter: O’Neill Not Dead

June 18, 2009

The closing ceremony was a symbolic closure only, and a pyrrhic victory for Dr. Fish and the current four Board members who reversed themselves under pressure, never listening to reason from their experienced counterpart, Dr. Gilbert; and never listening to their own hearts on what was right for the greater District. Hard work could see [...]

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Closing Ceremony: O’Neill School Slips Away

June 18, 2009

    It was a funeral, complete with a bagpipe player.  The corpse was the brick edifice known as O’Neill Elementary School, a facility whose history is synonymous in time and spirit with the birth of Mission Viejo.  It was, after all, the City’s first school.      Councilmember Trish Kelley attempted to console the weeping mourners by making an object [...]

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O’Neill School: New Recreation Headquarters

June 6, 2009

    On Tuesday the SVUSD Trustees will consider a plan to move the District Recreation Division to O’Neill Elementary School.  O’Neill is scheduled to close as a school this month, and the Board recently denied an application by parents to preserve it as a charter school.      Frank Manzo will head the Division.  Manzo was [...]

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Will Joint Campout Heal O’Neill’s Wounds?

May 26, 2009

    O’Neill parents may be running out of time to save the neighborhood school after SVUSD trustees recently denied their charter application.  DePortola Elementary could become the home school to many former O’Neill students.     DePortola has therefore invited O’Neill families to its 3rd Annual “Campout with Mr. Gaebel.”  The de Portola PTA will host the outdoor event on the school’s [...]

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O'Neill Parents Criticize Supt. Fish

May 11, 2009

    Parents say they were not surprised by Superintendent Fish’s adverse recommendation to deny charter status to O’Neill School, because they feel there is a built-in bias against charter schools by District administrators, despite federal and state policies encouraging charter schools.     Families say they will attend Tuesday evening when the recommendation will be considered and a [...]

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