A Former Saugus School Board member and Dean of East Los Angeles College appeared in court on Friday to face charges of embezzlement. Friday, Paul De La Cerda pled not guilty to the embezzlement charges, said Greg Risling, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. De La Cerda served as East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Dean until ...
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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 ...
Read More »Saugus Union School District Details New ‘Back-To-School’ Plan
During a special meeting, the Saugus Union School District detailed their re-opening plan for schools in the district and voted to keep teachers from forced resignations. In a board meeting Monday, the Saugus Union School District (SUSD) governing board laid out a detailed back-to-school plan for their scheduled return date of April 19, which is set to allow elementary school ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Santa Clarita School Reopening Round-Up
With schools shut down throughout the state due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, KHTS has put together a one-stop page for residents to view current health guidelines, along with the status for schools in the Santa Clarita Valley. Last Updated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 30. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a staged approach to returning students to schools ...
Read More »Saugus Union School District Dual Language Immersion Program Students Able To Return To Campus
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 ...
Read More »Emblem Academy Teacher Named Saugus Union School District Teacher Of The Year
Emblem Academy teacher Shannon King was named Teacher of the Year for the Saugus Union School District. King said she was “so surprised” when she learned that she was named the Teacher of the Year for the Saugus Union School District. “It really is such a huge honor,” she said. “Teachers work really hard, and it’s really nice to be ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Brothers Announce Candidacy For Local School Board Elections
A pair of Santa Clarita brothers, Matthew and Tony Watson, have announced their candidacies for a pair of local school board seats on the ballot this November. Matthew Watson is running for the Area 4 seat of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board while his brother Tony Watson seeks the College of the Canyons Board of Trustees, Area 2 ...
Read More »Katherine Cooper Announces Run For Saugus Board
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 ...
Read More »Army Veteran Sage Rafferty Announces Run for Saugus Board
U.S. Army veteran Sage Rafferty announced that he is running for the Area 4 seat in the Saugus Union School District (SUSD) Board in November 2020. In a statement, the candidate said he would advocate for the teachers’ need for “a fair paycheck and manageable class conditions.” Top priorities for Rafferty include improving board transparency, reducing deficit spending and increasing ...
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