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Perris Union expands CTE, early-college and online options while restoring bilingual supports
Summary
In his State of the District, Superintendent Jose Arauks highlighted growth in career technical education pathways, an early-college pilot at Heritage High, rapid enrollment in the new Inland Online Academy, and restoration of bilingual paraeducator roles to support multilingual learners and students with disabilities.
Superintendent Jose Arauks outlined academic and support expansions across the Perris Union High School District, saying the district is expanding career technical education (CTE) pathways, piloting an early-college program, growing online enrollment and restoring bilingual staffing.
Arauks said Paloma Valley High will add engineering and computer-science pathways, Heritage High will add construction and manufacturing pathways, and the California Military Institute is developing a medical patient-care pathway to prepare students for clinical careers. He also said Liberty High will offer an AP Capstone diploma program and Paloma Valley is developing an International Baccalaureate diploma pathway; Perris High will expand IB career programs.
On college access, Arauks thanked Mountain San Jacinto leadership and board members for supporting an early-college pathway and said the district is piloting a full two-year early college model at Heritage High, with 26 ninth-graders taking a college course during the semester.
Arauks described the district’s redesign of Scholar Plus into the Inland Online Academy, reporting the program launched this fall with 64 students, grew to 150 by the end of the first semester and had 210 students at the time of the address. He framed the online program as a flexible option to keep students engaged during challenging periods while maintaining academic expectations.
On student supports, Arauks said the district added a coordinator for multilingual learners and is restoring bilingual paraeducator roles that had been unused for roughly 15–20 years. He also emphasized inclusion for students with disabilities and steady supports for foster youth, noting partnership support from the Riverside County Office of Education and Dr. Edwin Gomez.
Arauks highlighted student achievements—an internationally competing robotics team that earned an Inspire Award and two FFA students representing the district at the National FFA Convention—as evidence of program impact.
