Savanna School District

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Savanna School District is an elementary school district in Anaheim, California that also serves a small portion of Buena Park, Cypress and Stanton. The district has four schools, Cerritos Elementary, Hansen Elementary, Holder Elementary and Twila Reid Elementary. All schools are K-6. The district feeds into the Anaheim Union High School District. The district's name is a survival from the former town of Savanna, California.

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