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Letter From ACLU On Saugus Union School District Decision To Lay Off School Counselors

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In a letter to Saugus Union School District (SUSD) officials, representatives from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a nonprofit organization, objected to the board’s decision to approve layoffs of school counselors in the district. See Related: SUSD Votes To Lay-Off Counselors Amid Changing Times Ed. Note: The following letter was provided to KHTS by ACLU. April 18, 2022 Dear Saugus ...

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SUSD Board Discusses Options Regarding Potential Closure Of Santa Clarita Elementary

SUSD board policy change

The Saugus Union School District (SUSD) Board held a special board meeting Thursday evening to discuss the potential closure of Santa Clarita Elementary, the oldest school in the district, as it faces expensive repairs. In the meeting, the SUSD Board weighed options to deal with the “seismic risks” associated with Santa Clarita Elementary, including potentially closing the school.   Santa ...

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Parents To Voice Concerns On ‘Probable’ Closing Of Santa Clarita Elementary School

SUSD board policy change

In response to possible seismic risks to the Saugus Union School District’s, (SUSD) longest-operating campus, the SUSD Board of Trustees is holding a special hearing to discuss a potential closure of Santa Clarita Elementary School. Scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the SUSD Governing Board meeting is scheduled to reveal and discuss the seismic risks plaguing Santa Clarita Elementary School and ...

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Parents Voice Concerns On Handling Of Mask Mandates At Saugus Elementary Schools  

Parents within the Saugus Union School District, (SUSD) are voicing concerns over how the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is directing staff to handle students that do not wear masks indoors. A parent of a third-grade student at Plum Canyon Elementary School contacted deputies Wednesday to conduct a welfare check on unmasked children who were inside a building ...

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Saugus Union School District Holds Groundbreaking For Cedarcreek, Skyblue Mesa Elementaries

Skyblue Groundbreaking

The Saugus Union School District (SUSD) held a groundbreaking ceremony last week to mark the beginning of a $9 million construction project expanding Cedarcreek Elementary and a $7.5 million construction project expanding Skyblue Mesa Elementary in Santa Clarita. Construction on the expansion of Cedarcreek Elementary in Santa Clarita began last Wednesday, commemorated by a groundbreaking ceremony. “We here in the ...

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Saugus School District Superintendent Discusses Pandemic, Upcoming Fall Semester

Dr. Colleen Hawkins, the superintendent of the Saugus Union School District, sat down with KHTS in an on-air interview Thursday reflecting on the last year and what the future years are expected to look like after the coronavirus pandemic. Word of schools reopening and school shut-downs amid COVID-19  have been rather unpredictable since the start of the pandemic, but with ...

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Saugus Union School District Campuses To Begin Re-Opening Monday

During a special meeting, the Saugus Union School District governing board voted to re-open their campuses for students as soon as Monday. With four votes in favor and one vote to abstain, the board voted for students grades 1-2 to return to campus as soon as Feb. 22, TK and Kindergarten to return as soon as Feb. 25, grades 3-4 ...

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Saugus Union School District Dual Language Immersion Program Students Able To Return To Campus

SUSD board policy change

The Saugus Union School District (SUSD) announced Thursday students in the dual language immersion program are able to return to campus next month in “small cohorts.” SUSD officials sent an email to parents Thursday detailing the change allowing classes of up to 12 students on-campus for two-and-a-half-hour periods starting on Jan. 11.  “We are excited to inform you that our ...

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Katherine Cooper Announces Run For Saugus Board

Katherine Cooper Profile Photo

Katherine Cooper, a 27-year resident of the Santa Clarita Valley announced Tuesday she is running for a seat on the Saugus Union School District (SUSD) governing board, officials said. The position that Cooper is running for is replacing Julie Olsen’s seat, who represented the Trustee Area 3 and was serving her second rotation as board president. “I want to continue ...

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