The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has awarded $455,000 in Reading and Literacy Supplementary Authorization Incentive Grant funds to the William S. Hart Union High School District.  The grant is set to support teachers in adding an additional authorization to their existing credentials, Hart District officials said.  The Hart District was the only district in California awarded funding in the ...

James Webb, William S. Hart Union High School District School Board member announced his resignation Wednesday, stating “personal responsibilities.” The William S. Hart school district covers all Junior High and High Schools in the Santa Clarita Valley with the exception of Castaic Middle School. Webb has decided to step down to ensure that he has more time to spend with ...

On Wednesday night the William S. Hart School District board approved the negotiated agreement with the teacher’s association for a salary increase and disclosed their proposed compensation increase for employees.  Seated at their regular board meeting, the board members voted to approve Action Item C on their agenda, which was the approval of the new 2022-2023 academic year contract with ...

Local public schools from William S. Hart school district and Sulphur Springs partnered on Saturday to provide families in the district with supplies for Thanksgiving dinner, including hundreds of turkeys.  Student and staff volunteers braced the icy wind Saturday morning in an effort to feed local families. Schools that participated in the event included Golden Valley, Canyon, Bowman, La Mesa, ...

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 ...

A structure fire ignited near Hart Park early Monday morning in Old Town Newhall. Around 12:40 a.m. Monday, emergency responders received reports of a structure fire on the 22800 block of Market Street near Hart Park in Newhall, according to Tom Stafford, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.  “We received reports of a contents fire on the ...

The governing board for the William S. Hart Union High School District approved the implementation of temporary restrictions to the in-person instruction of small cohorts of students due to the current COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles County. During a special meeting Wednesday evening, the Hart District’s Governing Board met to “consider the question of whether additional temporary restrictions to in-person ...

Saugus High School’s Jim Klipfel has been named a “Teacher of the Year” by the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). Klipfel was named a Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year by the LACOE for representing “the best of the profession in the state’s largest honors competition for K-12 educators.” “I am honored, humbled, and grateful that my ...

The William S. Hart Union High School District is accepting applications for a new member of the Personnel Commission, officials said Friday. This member, appointed by the Governing Board, will serve a three-year term beginning on Dec. 1, 2020, according to the Hart District. As a non-partisan public body, by provisions of the California Education Code and the Government Code, ...

In California, Santa Clarita has a history that goes back centuries, one which is sure to interest and entertain any Santa Clarita resident.  The Beginnings The first people who historians think settled in Santa Clarita were the Tataviam Native Americans, who settled in Santa Clarita at bout 450 AD. Not much is known about the Tataviam people, but they spoke ...