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.
Schools33
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. It serves all of Laguna Hills and Lake Forest, parts of Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita, a small portion of Irvine, and the unincorporated communities of Trabuco Canyon and Modjeska. Students living in Laguna Woods also have the option to attend schools in the Saddleback Valley district. [2]

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. [9]

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, [10] [11] 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. [12] Kathy Harris still teaches at the school. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Saddleback Valley Unified". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "About SVUSD". www.svusd.org. Saddleback Valley Unified School District. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ "La Paz Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Los Alisos Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ "RSM Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Serrano Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Esperanza Education Center | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  8. ↑ "High School Credit Recovery | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Virtual Academy | Saddleback Valley Unified School District". www.svusd.org. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Orange County Superior Court". March 23, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ex-substitute teacher in Mission Viejo sexually assaulted female students for years, lawsuit alleges". Orange County Register. March 29, 2022. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022.
  12. ↑ "They were groomed and groped, but O.C. school 'turned a blind eye' for decades, suit alleges". Los Angeles Times. March 26, 2022. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Mission Viejo High School Diablo Drama". Archived from the original on March 27, 2022.


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