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November 7, 1991 | TRACEY KAPLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nine candidates lost the race for two seats on the Saugus school board Tuesday night, but district Supt. Chris Wilson may wind up the biggest loser. His severest critics won the race, beating nine other candidates, including Wilson's only defender, incumbent Peggy A. Marrone. The election has shifted the balance of power on the five-member panel, which formerly supported Wilson's policies by a 3-2 margin, said board member Marilynn Blaylock.
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August 5, 1999 | ALECIA FOSTER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Toxicologists and state health officials ripped up carpets and tore apart walls Wednesday in a Saugus portable classroom looking for potential toxins that may have caused illnesses in several children and teachers. Officials testing Room 30 at Charles Helmers Elementary School collected numerous samples to determine the levels and types of molds present in the classroom, particularly stachybotrys, a black gelatinous mold that Dr.
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December 23, 1992
Two local elementary schools have been given national awards for educational excellence--the only Los Angeles County schools picked this year for the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools program, officials said Tuesday. Willow Elementary School in Agoura Hills and Rio Vista Elementary School in Saugus were among 19 schools chosen statewide for the title. Some 200 to 300 schools were selected nationally.
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May 6, 1999 | ALECIA FOSTER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
High levels of potentially toxic chemicals found in several children at an elementary school here were likely caused by improper ventilation in the school's portable classrooms, a Santa Clarita Valley toxicologist said Wednesday. Gary Ordog, a toxicologist at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, said tests on nine individuals yielded varying and high levels of the chemicals arsenic, formaldehyde and phenol. Ordog said he did not believe there would be any major consequences to their health.
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February 28, 1994 | DOUGLAS ALGER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
In this quiet, affluent city in northern Los Angeles County, a vocal and sometimes vicious debate has been touched off between residents of two of its primary communities by proposed changes to school attendance boundaries. The dispute, which some have termed class warfare, pits Saugus residents against their neighbors in Canyon Country, with both sides trading insults about the other's community. At the heart of the matter is a reconfiguration plan that the William S.
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May 27, 1995
Authorities are searching for vandals who caused more than $12,000 worth of damage to a library at Highlands Elementary School in Saugus by dumping glue, paint and other material on equipment and furniture. A music teacher discovered the vandalism when she brought a music class to the library Wednesday morning, said Michele Treu, the school's office manager. Treu said the library was broken into during the night, with virtually everything in the room damaged.