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Seven Santa Clarita Valley Schools Selected As California Distinguished Schools

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On Tuesday, Tony Thurmond, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, honored California schools and local educational agencies, including seven schools in the Santa Clarita Valley. Thurmond honored the schools and agencies that have achieved statewide recognition within the last calendar year, including 408 California schools selected for the prestigious 2026 California Distinguished Schools Program.  Of the California schools selected, the ...

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Hart’s Hosts Annual Rampage Marching Band & Color Guard Tournament

The William S. Hart Regiment hosted its annual Rampage Marching Band Competition in Valencia.  On Saturdays, Hart hosted its annual Rampage Marching Band Competition at College of the Canyons (COC) with over 30 bands from Southern California and surrounding areas.  “It’s a great time to see our son play and to meet other people from different schools who also play ...

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U.S. News & World Report Recognizes Hart District High Schools Among Best In Nation

Six comprehensive high schools in the William S. Hart Union High School District (Canyon, Golden Valley, Hart, Saugus, Valencia and West Ranch) have been ranked among the top public high schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report.  The publication’s Best High Schools Rankings, released Tuesday, April 23, 2023, compared the Hart District’s high schools against nearly 18,000 ...

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Valladares Proposes Bill To Ban Homeless Camps Near Schools, Parks

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Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, announced Monday a bill to make the recent Los Angeles City ordinance banning homeless camps within 500 feet of schools, daycare centers, parks, and libraries, a statewide law. The bill is modeled after Los Angeles City Ordinance 41.18, which was recently amended to prohibit camping within 500 feet of sensitive areas frequented by children. ...

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Back To School: Check Here For Your Start Date

After two months of road trips, international traveling, staying indoors and relaxing, the Santa Clarita school districts are getting ready to open the lecture books for another year. Five public school districts and three private districts reside in Santa Clarita and all with varying first days and schedules. William S. Hart School District is set to open its school gates ...

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Garcia Introduces ‘Safe Schools Act’ To Allow COVID Funds To Be Used For Campus Safety

Congressman  Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, and Senator Roger Marshall M.D. (R-KS) , introduced Safe Schools Act which is planned to allow COVID-19 relief dollars that have already been allocated to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to go towards safety measures to protect the campus.  This plan is to be used by schools to harden ...

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Plum Canyon Elementary Holds Ribbon Cutting For New Classroom Building

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 ...

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Hart District Responds To Updated L.A. County Health Officer Order Guidelines

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In an email sent to parents, the William S. Hart Union High School District detailed back-to-school guidelines based on the updated Los Angeles County Health Officer Order for masking both indoors and outdoors, reduced quarantine periods, negative coronavirus tests from close-contacts and more amid the Omicron surge. The revised Los Angeles County Public Health Order released on Dec. 31, 2021 ...

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