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 ...

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 ...

Saugus resident and teacher Matt Watson announced Monday the intent to run for the Saugus Union School Board, seeking election in the Area 4 seat. Watson cites a need for “experienced leadership and innovation” as the Saugus Union School District faces unprecedented challenges, according to a statement. The candidate said his top priorities are “the health and safety of students ...

The Saugus Union School District (SUSD) voted Tuesday to hold online classes for the beginning of the fall semester.  In their regular meeting on July 21, the SUSD governing board voted unanimously to move into the fall semester with distance learning, following guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom released last week.  “Because Los Angeles County remains on the state ‘watch list’, ...

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, including Dr. Barbara Ferrer, met with the superintendents of Santa Clarita’s five school districts over Zoom to discuss what reopening schools looks like during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the superintendents from all five of the Santa Clarita Valley’s public school districts held a Zoom meeting with several prominent officials ...

A Saugus Union School District (SUSD) parent expressed concern Wednesday over social media posts made by two members of the SUSD Board. By Mary Nieves I am a parent of children in the Saugus Union School District, and I am outraged at the behavior of our School Board President, Julie Olsen, and School Board Member David Barlavi. They have each ...

The Saugus Union School District announced Friday it plans to start the 2020-2021 school year in August, with both in-class and distance learning available, officials said. The Saugus Union School District is on track to start school on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, unless directed differently by the Department of Public Health (DPH) or another government entity, said Colleen Hawkins, the ...

UPDATE: A number of school districts throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, including the William S. Hart Union High School District and the Castaic Union School District, have extended their campus closures in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Officials with several of the school districts in the Santa Clarita Valley reached out to families Friday to announce ...

Saugus Union School District student safety and construction are to be discussed with the community in February, officials said. Tuesday night, the governing board for the Saugus Union School District reviewed its enrollment needs for each of its schools and approved schools that are now open or closed to transfers, according to District Superintendent Colleen Hawkins. “During that discussion, the ...

The California Department of Education named Rio Vista Elementary and West Creek Academy in the Saugus Union School District as 2020 California Distinguished schools on Wednesday. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced Wednesday that 323 elementary schools throughout the state were being honored by the 2020 California Distinguished Schools Award Program. “While we are all striving for excellence ...