Source: KHTS Hometown Station
Date: 02/03/2026 9:00am

Article Summary:
"Saugus Elementary Closed Early Due to Health Concerns and Declining Enrollment on February 3, 1978"
On February 3, 1978, Saugus Elementary School in Santa Clarita shut down four months earlier than planned due to health concerns over emissions from the nearby Keysor-Century Records plant and a declining local student population. The school had been sold to a developer, who later transformed the site into a shopping center, and its historic school bell was eventually moved to the Newhall Metrolink Station. A subsequent EPA-sponsored study and an investigation by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health uncovered the environmental impact of the Keysor plant, which continued to have lingering contamination issues as of 2017.

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