A 41-year-old Saugus High School teacher was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence Monday, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials.
Valerie Blair is a math teacher at Saugus, according to the school’s staff page on its website. Collyn Nielsen, assistant superintendent of the William S. Hart Union School District, confirmed Blair is a of the Hart district employee.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on the 27600 block of Ron Ridge Drive, deputies reported that during a verbal argument between Blair and her husband, she physically assaulted him, according to Deputy Natalie Arriaga, a spokeswoman for the SCV Sheriff’s Station.
The victim, her husband, sustained a minor injury, according to Arriaga.
Blair was arrested at the home on suspicion of a felony charge of domestic assault, according to the SCV Sheriff’s Station’s booking logs.
She was later released on bond in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to Sheriff’s Department records available online, which indicated she was due back in court in San Fernando on June 12.
