The hotly contested mascot change from the Hart Indians went to a final showdown between “Hart Hawks” or “Hart Bisons” Tuesday night, with the winner taking its place among the mascots of our Santa Clarita Valley’s high schools. Hart High School Principal Jason d’Autremont revealed the new mascot during a special presentation at the school’s Open House on Tuesday, announcing ...

On Wednesday, the William S. Hart school board will vote on the fate of the Hart High School mascot, the Indians. A little bit of history for those new to our valley. Santa Clarita is ground zero for Western filming. Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and cowboy silent film star, William S. Hart and many others shot thousands of western movies ...

The William S. Union High School District Board of Trustees voted during their Wednesday evening meeting to delay their final decision on the Hart High School Indians mascot until July. During the Wednesday evening meeting, District officials decided to vote on the controversial Hart High School Indians mascot on July 14, according to officials. The Hart District board had considered ...

Officials with the William S. Hart Union High School District held a public discussion about the history and controversy surrounding the Hart High School Indian mascot, which many have recently called “outdated and offensive.” On Tuesday morning, the Hart District Governing Board held a virtual study session to start a conversation about changing Hart High’s Indian mascot, which students have ...

Officials with the William S. Hart Union High School District are set to begin discussing the possibility of changing the mascot of Hart High School in a “study session” for the governing board after students gathered over 18,000 signatures in a petition to retire the “outdated and offensive Indian mascot.” On Wednesday, Hart District Superintendent Mike Kuhlman announced that the ...

Hart High School principal Jason d’Autremont has responded to student calls to retire the school’s Indian mascot after a graduating senior sent him an email, sharing that an online petition calling for the removal of the “outdated” mascot had garnered thousands of signatures. On Sunday, graduating senior Julia Estrada wrote an email to d’Autremont in which she called on Hart ...