Castaic Union School District officials are planning to raise the district’s bus service fees in order to avoid restricting service, officials decided Thursday at a special meeting. The district’s elementary schools plan to increase the rider fee from $350 to 400, and children with two or more riders...

DATE:   October, 2014 thru April, 2015 TIME: Various times LOCATION:   Castaic Elementary School, 30455 Park Vista Drive, Castaic VICTIM: 4 Females under age 10 SUSPECT:   Joshua Levine, 11/28/1971 UNIT:   Special Victims Bureau- Sergeant Brian Hudson   On April 16, 2015, Detectives from...

To help bridge a $4.1 million budget gap, the Castaic Union School District’s governing board approved 45.4 layoff notices Monday at a special meeting. The total figure, which includes classified employees, teachers and part-time staffers, is actually lower than initially budgeted, officials said,...

James Gibson Castaic Union School District officials have put Superintendent Jim Gibson on paid administrative leave following a board vote Monday, officials said. The decision was made at a special board meeting Monday night, said board President Steve Teeman. A statement from the district read: “On...

[KHTS] – Castaic Union school officials are seeking applicants to serve on the district’s Measure QS Oversight Committee. The committee is charged with informing public about how Measure QS Bond proceeds are spent. More specifically, the committee: * Actively reviews and reports on bond expenditures *...

[KHTS] – Castaic Union parents gathered Thursday for the third of four community meetings by school district officials explaining how the relatively small K-8 found itself in such dire financial straits. From attendance programs to fast-food fundraisers to a financial plan, parents are already...

Castaic Union School District is one of five districts in the state to receive a “negative certification” from the California Department of Education, state schools superintendent Tom Torlakson announced Wednesday. Tom Torlakson According to CDE, “a negative certification is assigned...

Castaic Union school officials are hosting a series of meetings to discuss the K-8 school district’s money troubles, officials said Monday. “In an effort to be available to as many of our parents, staff and community members as possible, we have scheduled public, community meetings to discuss the...

Telemundo came to Val Verde Thursday night. They weren’t there to cover the potential expansion of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, which would have been a perfectly reasonable reason for them to be there. Nor were they there to cover a sensational act of violence or a sexy story of fraud or something...

[KHTS] – One might notice the grass is growing a little longer at Castaic Union school sites. And next year, there will probably be fewer hands on deck to help around campus. Castaic education officials know as well as anyone despite Proposition 30 taxing California residents a little bit more...