San Bernardino City Unified Superintendent Mauricio Arellano talks with the San Gorgonio High ASB Student Council about their upcoming year as district students return to class Monday, July 31, 2023 in Highland. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Middle schools that used to start at 7:40 a.m. now start at 8 a.m., while high schools that began at 7:30 a.m. last year begin at 8:30 a.m.
Superintendent Mauricio Arellano communicates with
Erika Avila, the American Sign Language teacher, along with an incoming freshman at San Gorgonio High School on Monday, July 31, 2023. Principal Jorge De La Torre and Arellano spent time greeting students on campus Monday morning after they returned to campus from summer break. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
San Bernardino City Unified Superintendent Mauricio Arellano talks with the San Gorgonio High ASB Student Council about their upcoming year as district students return to class Monday, July 31, 2023 in Highland. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
San Bernardino City Unified Superintendent Mauricio Arellano talks with the San Gorgonio High ASB Student Council about their upcoming year as district students return to class Monday, July 31, 2023 in Highland. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
San Bernardino City Unified Superintendent Mauricio Arellano tours San Gorgonio High with Principal Jorge De LA Torre as students return to class on Monday, July 31, 2023. SBCUSD is the first Inland Empire district to return for the 2023-24 academic school year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Olivia Cortez, 4, and Pricilla Beltran walk out of Highland Pacific Elementary’s early release pick-up as it was her first day of school on Monday, July 31, 2023. San Bernardino City Unified is the first Inland school district to welcome young scholars back for the 2023-24 academic year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
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Superintendent Mauricio Arellano communicates with
Erika Avila, the American Sign Language teacher, along with an incoming freshman at San Gorgonio High School on Monday, July 31, 2023. Principal Jorge De La Torre and Arellano spent time greeting students on campus Monday morning after they returned to campus from summer break. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Superintendent Mauricio Arellano, on his maiden first day as San Bernardino schools chief, greeted young scholars at Highland-Pacific Elementary School before heading off to San Gorgonio High.
Students at Highland-Pacific walked a red carpet onto campus as teachers and staffers celebrated their triumphant return.
Later this week in neighboring Riverside County, San Jacinto Unified begins classes Thursday, Aug. 3, and Perris Union High School District starts Friday, Aug. 4.
Elsewhere in the Inland Empire, students will return to campuses in the coming weeks.
