Santa Barbara Teachers Are Getting a Raise

Strike Averted After Teachers Union Votes to Accept Contract Settlement Reached with School District Last Month

Credit: Ingrid Bostrom

The intense, back-and-forth labor negotiations in the Santa Barbara Unified School District that dominated the past year are officially over.

Teachers are getting a raise.

More than 92 percent of the Santa Barbara Teachers Association (SBTA) approved the wage settlement reached with the district last month, avoiding a potential strike.

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