BY JENNIFER MADRIGAL
Eastvale – Corona-Norco Unified School District (CNUSD) will rename Yorba Elementary as Ronald Reagan Elementary.
After researching the area’s history, CNUSD Board Member, Bill Newberry, found that the Yorba Family Rancho was actually on the other side of the Santa Ana River. The District had decided to name the school Yorba Elementary after the Yorba family in 2005. However, with the latest findings, the Board recently voted to rename the school.
The future Ronald Reagan Elementary is currently under construction on Fieldmaster Street, next to Half Moon Park in Eastvale, and is expected to open for the 2015-2016 School year.
Previous Clara Barton Principal, Susan Helms, has been selected as the future school’s first principal.
With many of Eastvale’s schools at or near capacity, there is good news that another elementary school will be constructed to serve students in the area north of Schleisman Roach and east of Archibald Avenue.
Philistine Rondo Elementary will be the seventh elementary school in Eastvale, and will most likely open five to six years from now. The District is still trying to secure land and additional information prior to construction.
Rondo Elementary will be named after Philistine Rondo, who was the first woman and African American superintendent in CNUSD. She taught for 12 years at Garretson Elementary in Corona, and became an interim superintendent in 1993.
