School district in California
Saddleback Valley Unified School District 25631 Peter A. Hartman Way, Mission Viejo, California, 92691
Mission Viejo
, California United States Type Public Grades K–12[ 1] Superintendent Crystal Turner, Ed.D. Schools 34 NCES District ID0633860 [ 1] Students 24,954 (2020–2021)[ 1] Teachers 1,021.84 (FTE )[ 1] Staff 2,217.35 (FTE )[ 1] Student–teacher ratio 24.42:1[ 1] Website svusd
Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD ) is a public school district in South Orange County, California .[ 2] 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] 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.
Schools
High schools
La Paz Intermediate School[ 4]
Los Alisos Intermediate School[ 5]
Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate School[ 6]
Serrano Intermediate School[ 7]
Elementary schools
Cielo Vista Elementary School
de Portola Elementary School
Del Cerro Elementary School
Del Lago Elementary School
Foothill Ranch Elementary School
Gates Dual Language Immersion Elementary School
Glen Yermo Elementary School
Lake Forest Elementary School
La Madera Elementary School
La Tierra Early Childhood Center
Linda Vista Magnet Elementary School (IB World School)
Lomarena Elementary School
Melinda Heights Elementary School
Montevideo Elementary School
Olivewood Elementary School
Portola Hills Elementary School
Rancho Cañada Elementary School
Robinson Elementary School
San Joaquin Elementary School
Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School
Trabuco Elementary School
Trabuco Mesa Elementary School
Valencia Elementary School
Alternative Schools
Saddleback Virtual Academy
The SVUSD Virtual Academy serves students at the Elementary, Intermediate, and High School levels.[ 10]
Defunct Schools
Cordillera Elementary School
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] Los Angeles Times [ 13] [ 14]
References
^ a b c d e f
"Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Saddleback Valley Unified" . National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022 .
^ "EdData - District Profile - Saddleback Valley Unified" . www.ed-data.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "MySchoolLocator for Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . locator.decisioninsite.com . Retrieved April 15, 2021 .^ "La Paz Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "Los Alisos Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "RSM Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "Serrano Intermediate | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "Esperanza Education Center | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "High School Credit Recovery | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "Virtual Academy | Saddleback Valley Unified School District" . www.svusd.org . Retrieved March 2, 2023 .^ "Orange County Superior Court" . March 23, 2022.^ "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.^ "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.^ "Mission Viejo High School Diablo Drama" . Archived from the original on March 27, 2022.
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