During a special meeting Wednesday morning, the William S. Hart Board recognized emergency conditions and set up a 2020 action plan for the Fall school semester. The Hart Board unanimously voted to move forward with the emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic until the end of the Fall semester, with discussion for a possible extension set for a meeting ...

Steve Sturgeon, trustee for the William S. Hart Board of Education since 1999, has announced his filing for reelection to his position in Trustee Area 4 in the Nov. 3, 2020 election. A longtime advocate for the continuous improvement in the educational systems here in Santa Clarita Sturgeon also has acted as a representative on the California School Board Association, ...

During their regularly scheduled meeting, William S. Hart Union High School District board members voted to resume classes in the fall with online learning for at least the first five weeks of the semester. After adding an emergency item to Wednesday’s meeting, the William S. Hart Board voted to begin the fall semester with online learning, while working on a ...

The William S. Hart Union High School District has added an emergency item to the agenda for their Board meeting Wednesday in order to give the board the ability to vote on an “action plan” to reopen schools in the fall in light of recent protocols put out by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. On Monday, officials ...

In a press briefing on Wednesday, the White House Coronavirus Task Force and Vice President Mike Pence advocated for the K-12 transition to an entirely in-person curriculum in the fall.  Opposing the alternative blended model of learning that William S. Hart Union School District originally intended to implement, the Coronavirus Task Force supports the transition to in-person classes with restrictions ...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday criticized plans by some school districts to offer less than a full five days of in-person instruction per week, similar plans have recently been presented by the William S. Hart Union School District.  DeVos made her remarks during a call with governors, according to reporting by The Associated Press (AP). “Ultimately, it’s not a ...

Several parents from Santa Clarita have begun a petition to keep Sequoia School at its small, Saugus-based campus after Hart District officials decided to move the non-traditional school to Castaic High School. During the spring semester, officials with the William S. Hart Union High School District made the decision to relocate Sequoia School from it’s small location off of Centre ...

The William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board directed district staff to further explore what reopening schools in the district in the fall would look like after being presented two options for a “blended” system during a special meeting Tuesday morning. On Tuesday morning, Hart District Superintendent Mike Kuhlman presented the Governing Board with two options for a ...

The William S. Hart (WiSH) Education Foundation recently named the winners of the first-ever “SCV Virtual Talent Show,” awarding $2,000 in prizes. On Monday, officials with the WiSH Foundation named four winners in the first-ever “SCV Virtual Talent Show,” presented by SCVTV and sponsored by Westfield Valencia Town Center, calling the event an “overwhelming success.” Nearly 60 administrators, teachers and students ...

The William S. Hart Union High School District governing board unanimously approved layoffs for several members of classified staff, and discussed potential plans for returning to school in the fall at a virtual special meeting Wednesday morning. Due to budget limitations, the Hart District Board approved 22 “reduction in force” notices, or RIFs, for district classified staff during a special ...