The Saugus Union School District (SUSD) board has voted to put the Emblem Academy Principal Dr. Sahar Moshayedi on leave amid a torrent of concerns from parents shared at the board meeting Tuesday. On Wednesday, Emblem Academy staff and parents received an email from SUSD Superintendent Dr. Colleen Hawkins announcing that Dr. Moshayedi from Emblem Academy has been placed on ...

Around 20 parents took the podium at Tuesday night’s Saugus Union School District (SUSD) board meeting to call for the resignation of Emblem Academy’s Principal, Dr. Sahar Moshayedi.  Parents of students at Emblem Academy called for the resignation of Principal Dr. Moshayedi at Tuesday night’s Saugus School Board meeting.  While the meeting started by focusing on the 2023 Teacher Tribute ...

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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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...