Last Monday the Saugus Union School District (SUSD) sent out a poll that asked parents to select their preference between keeping current campus access procedures or leaving the offices unlocked amid receiving complaints that locked doors create an “unwelcome atmosphere.”   In recent weeks the SUSD has reportedly heard from a number of district parents citing that the locked administration office ...

Parents and educators enjoyed self-guided tours, refreshments and games at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Plum Canyon Elementary School’s newest classroom building and science lab on Thursday. Members of the Plum Canyon Elementary School community gathered in front of the newest classroom building on campus — which has been in use for a year — for a ribbon cutting Thursday ...

On Monday afternoon, students and parents gathered at Rosedell Elementary School in Santa Clarita to watch the groundbreaking for a long-awaited classroom building. At around 3:45 p.m. Monday, Saugus Union School District board members and other officials broke ground on a two-story building slated to be added to the campus as an expansion. “This is for a new classroom building ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...