Saddleback Valley Unified School District

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Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Address
25631 Peter A. Hartman Way, Mission Viejo, California, 92691
Mission Viejo
, California
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12 [1]
SuperintendentCrystal Turner, Ed.D.
Schools34
NCES District ID 0633860 [1]
Students and staff
Students24,954 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers1,021.84 (FTE) [1]
Staff2,217.35 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio24.42:1 [1]
Other information
Website svusd.org

Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) is a public school district in South Orange County, California. [2] It includes 23 elementary schools, four intermediate schools, four comprehensive high schools, and four alternative schools. It serves all of Lake Forest and Laguna Hills and serves parts of Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, and a very small portion of Irvine. [3] It also serves the unincorporated communities of Trabuco Canyon and Modjeska. Also, while Laguna Woods has no schools due to it being a retirement community, students who live with relatives in the area may choose to attend schools in the Saddleback Valley district.

Contents

Schools

High schools

Intermediate schools

Elementary schools

Alternative Schools

Saddleback Virtual Academy

The SVUSD Virtual Academy serves students at the Elementary, Intermediate, and High School levels. [10]

Defunct Schools

Sex abuse allegations

On March 23, 2022, two former Mission Viejo High School students filed a civil suit in Orange County Superior Court alleging that James Harris, husband of SVUSD visual and performing arts coordinator Kathy Cannarozzi Harris as well as a substitute teacher at the school, groomed them and sexually abused them in the late 1990s. One of the plaintiffs was 15 at the time. The women allege that Kathy Harris personally observed the abuse, which allegedly occurred on the Mission Viejo High School campus and at her home. According to the filing, [11] [12] they reported the abuse to the SVUSD several times over the course of two decades, but no decisive action was taken. Jim Harris denied the allegations to the Los Angeles Times . The SVUSD said it was investigating. [13] Kathy Harris still teaches at the school. [14]

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