By Chelsea Turner Capistrano Unified School District welcomed 47,000 students back to school in a new way on August 18

It was a strange sight seeing empty desks and classrooms at Ladera Ranch Middle School, as teachers started the first

There were lessons written on dry-erase boards, papers were shuffling and laughter on the first day of school at Laguna

San Clemente High School students — indeed, all of Capistrano Unified — started the 2020-21 school year a bit differently this