All that’s left of the historic schoolhouse is in some roll-off bins. What used to be the only remaining part of the 100-year-old, two-story wooden Newhall School building is gone, and Historical Society officers are none too happy. According to a source familiar with the property at 24514 Kansas...

Newhall School District governing board members directed Superintendent Marc Winger to “investigate the process of initiating a change to cumulative voting and even-year elections in order to address potential concerns under the California Voting Rights Act,” an official said Tuesday. The election...

The Music Makers PTA was established to support the music program in the Newhall School District.   While traditional PTAs support individual schools, the Music Makers PTA is a district-wide unit that provides benefit for students in all ten Newhall schools. PTA volunteers provide support to Newhall’s...

[KHTS] – Four Santa Clarita Valley school districts were sent letters claiming their at-large election systems disenfranchised Hispanic voters, alleging a violation of the California Voting Rights Act. The letter was sent by the law firm Shenkman & Hughes, which represented two plaintiffs in...

[KHTS] – Two school districts, Newhall and Los Angeles Unified, are suing the Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District, claiming its May 13 approval of a charter application for the Albert Einstein Academy for the Letters, Arts and Sciences was illegal. An AADUSD board member denied the district...

[KHTS] – Two Newhall District elementary schools were recognized as California Distinguished Schools by the state of California on Wednesday. Meadows and Valencia Valley Elementary Schools were recognized by Tom Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction, for the fourth time since...

The state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and accompanying Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) represent a monumental change in how funding arrives at school districts and how it is to be spent.  Schools in the Newhall School District are holding a series of meetings to hear stakeholder...

California Business for Education Excellence recently announced its 2013 Honor Roll, an annual list of California’s highest performing public schools. The 2013 Honor Roll includes public schools recognized for demonstrating consistently high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement...

[KHTS] – The face of standardized testing is changing in California, in an effort help students better prepare for higher education and careers in the 21st Century. Starting in March, the state Department of Education will launch field tests for the Smarter Balanced Assessment, computer-based tests...

On Thursday, Feb. 27, the Newhall School District will host its biennial Parent Summit and Volunteer Recognition evening.  Administrators, teachers, and school board members will offer information and discussion sessions for parents on three huge changes facing California’s schools:  the state’s...