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Parents Push Back At Last Week’s Saugus Union School District Board Meeting

SUSD board policy change

Last week’s Saugus Union School District (SUSD) board meeting had parents outraged at the lack of response to the administration’s absence of attention toward the problem. Two mothers, Carissa Hyde and Elena Will, spoke on a specific situation in their kindergarten class at Mountainview Elementary School where their children were bullied. “The administration has been aware of this problem since ...

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Representatives From Local School Districts Sworn In

Multiple new and re-elected officials for local Santa Clarita school districts have been sworn in in the past few weeks after winning their elections.  In school boards across Santa Clarita, a number of seats were up for election in November, and the winners have been recently sworn in for 2023.  In Districts where there were no new members sworn in, ...

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Bridgeport Elementary School Threat Rumors Deemed Uncredible, Inaccurate

SUSD board policy change

A school threat that was allegedly made during a verbal argument at Bridgeport Elementary School earlier this month was deemed uncredible, and law enforcement investigation disproved rumors that a weapon was involved.  On Friday Dec. 2, 2022, deputies received reports of a possible school threat at Bridgeport Elementary School on the 23600 block of Newhall Ranch Road in Valencia, said ...

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Arrowsmith Steps Down From SUSD Board

Laura Arrowsmith announced Tuesday that she is stepping down from the Saugus Union School District (SUSD) Board. Arrowsmith represented area 2 of the District and even served as the board president for a short time. With Arrowsmith stepping down, the SUSD is set to move ahead with their remaining four board members and fill her seat when the board election ...

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Opinion: Setting The Record Straight On School Bonds & Fiscal Accountability

By Dr. Colleen Hawkins, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus Union School District (SUSD) A recent letter to the editor by Mr. Stephen Petzold made several assertions about SUSD school facilities bonds that were misleading. Our community deserves accuracy and transparency when discussing how educational leaders are prudently managing tax dollars. I feel compelled to set the record straight for Saugus. Tax ...

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Cassandra Love Announces Bid For SUSD Area 1 

SUSD Cassandra Love

Cassandra Love, a mother of three,  announced Friday that she is set to run for election in Trustee Area 1 in the Saugus Union School District, (SUSD) this November.   “I am excited for the opportunity to work with the board in continuing to accomplish great strides for our students,” Love a SUSD Candidate said. “Fourteen of our 15 schools have ...

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Saugus Union School District Debates Campus Safety After Parent Poll

Last Monday the Saugus Union School District (SUSD) sent out a poll that asked parents to select their preference between keeping current campus access procedures or leaving the offices unlocked amid receiving complaints that locked doors create an “unwelcome atmosphere.”   In recent weeks the SUSD has reportedly heard from a number of district parents citing that the locked administration office ...

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Plum Canyon Elementary Holds Ribbon Cutting For New Classroom Building

Parents and educators enjoyed self-guided tours, refreshments and games at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Plum Canyon Elementary School’s newest classroom building and science lab on Thursday. Members of the Plum Canyon Elementary School community gathered in front of the newest classroom building on campus — which has been in use for a year — for a ribbon cutting Thursday ...

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Rosedell Elementary Holds Groundbreaking For New Classroom Building

On Monday afternoon, students and parents gathered at Rosedell Elementary School in Santa Clarita to watch the groundbreaking for a long-awaited classroom building. At around 3:45 p.m. Monday, Saugus Union School District board members and other officials broke ground on a two-story building slated to be added to the campus as an expansion. “This is for a new classroom building ...

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