The Hart district is expected to approve its $220.3 million budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year at its board meeting Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The spending plan anticipates a 2.1 percent reduction in funds due to a declining enrollment figure that has affected several Santa Clarita Valley school districts. ...

Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the William S. Hart Union High School District. The second annual “Speech Week” competitions, sponsored by the Santa Clarita Valley Business Group, in partnership with the William S. Hart Union High School District, will be happening in early November. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right ...

With the new school year coming up this week, many parents and students may be thinking about textbooks and pencils, but vaccinations may become a priority soon. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Gov. Jerry Brown passed Senate Bill 277 this past June, mandating school-aged students to receive specific immunizations and outlaws exemptions ...

The Hart district now has a superintendent and a superintendent-elect until Rob Challinor’s Feb. 1 retirement, according to contracts obtained by KHTS AM-1220. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Starting Nov. 1, former Deputy Superintendent Vicki Engbrecht was elevated to Superintendent-Elect Engbrecht, leaving Challinor’s responsibilities within the district to “special projects” and his title as superintendent. ...

Nineteen classified employees of the William S. Hart Union High School District were recognized last week by the Hart District Governing Board as Classified Employees of the Year. The employees were honored at the regularly scheduled Oct. 1 school board meeting. The honorees were selected by their colleagues at each school site and the administrative center.  Honorees include: Judi Miller, ...

Hart district officials named five new vice principals Wednesday for the 2014-15 school year. The announcement was made at the governing board meeting for the William S. Hart Union High School District. “These positions became open following several administrative changes, including the retirement of two high school principals and a junior high school assistant principal,” according to a Hart district news release. “Four of the positions will begin effective July 1, 2014, and one will be effective on Jan. 1, 2015, following the retirement of another assistant principal.”

Santa Clarita Valley Hart district and and Chartwells School Dining Services officials announced a new food services director for local junior high and high school cafeterias

A Canyon High School senior is asking Hart district officials to speed up their process for including the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans into Santa Clarita Valley junior high and high school social studies classes. Andrew Taban, 17, is involved with several advocacy groups, and spoke at several Hart district board meetings after the topic was brought up among several student groups, he said. “When you see someone like you in history, you feel like there’s a chance for you,” Taban said. “It also gives a normality to who you are.” The William S. Hart Union High School District is in compliance with the FAIR Education Act, said Vicki Engbrecht, Hart district assistant superintendent for educational services. The Hart district oversees about 22,000 public junior high and high school students in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Hart district officials saw fewer student explusions and suspensions due to behavior problems last year, according to officials

Hart district officials are set to discuss contracts, scholarships, funding and student services for Santa Clarita Valley's public junior highs and high schools Wednesday