By Sara Haflich, Superintendent, El Tejon Unified School District and Principal of Frazier Mountain High School

Being the superintendent of a community school district is not an easy job in any regular school year, but being El Tejon Unified School District’s superintendent during a global pandemic brings an entirely new meaning to my job.

I love this community that I live in, along with the students and staff with whom I work each day. I place a tremendous amount of time and thought into every decision that must be made. Educating our students is our job, but maintaining the safety of our students and staff comes before anything else. I know there are many out there who believe that schools should not be shut down at all due to the spread of …(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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I was shocked… Our positive test results came during the same time that everyone was returning from the Thanksgiving break.
—Sara Haflich, Superintendent, ETUSD

Eddie and Sara Haflich at the Frazier Mountain High School Homecoming October 2017. The couple and their family all came down with covid-19 during the 2020 Thanksgiving break. They want to urge everyone to get tested without hesitating, and to wear masks in public.

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