Also, while 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.
The SVUSD Virtual Academy serves students at the Elementary, Intermediate, and High School levels.
[10] 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.
According to the filing,[11][12] they reported the abuse to the SVUSD several times over the course of two decades, but no decisive action was taken.
Jim Harris denied the allegations to the Los Angeles Times.