The state Department of Education has fined the Saugus Union School District $8,400 for having overcrowded kindergarten classrooms, but the district is seeking a waiver.
Three kindergarten classes in the 11-school district had 34 students each, in violation of the maximum class size of 33 students set by the state, said Nina Johnson, a department spokeswoman. The penalty is $2,800 per student, she said. None of the other four school districts in the Santa Clarita Valley were fined, Johnson said.
