Santa Barbara Unified Celebrates Launch of ‘Culture of Care’
The initiatives include suicide-prevention signs, mental-health resources for students, and newly opened wellness centers, which the district is still working on expanding to all schools.
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Santa Barbara Green Thumbs Big and Small Come Together for Harding School’s ‘Planting Day’
Around 75 students, families, and staff from Harding and other Santa Barbara Unified schools, as well as UCSB, showed up Saturday to plant the campus’s new “School Yard Forest.”
Santa Barbara Unified Adopts New Bundle of After-School Enrichment Programs
Following a controversial decision to pull the plug on PTA-run programs, the school district will now offer free after-school activities to all students at every elementary school on a rotating basis.
California Added a New Grade for 4-Year-Olds. Are Parents Enrolling Their Kids?
The overall number of 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten has increased. But as the program is being phased in, the percentage of eligible children enrolling has dropped.
Santa Barbara Unified Opens Two Schools’ Fields for After-Hours Public Use
Harding University Partnership School’s outdoor play areas will be accessible after school until sundown, while La Cumbre Junior High will be open on Saturdays.
UC Santa Barbara Partners with Local Schools to Support Students Facing Trauma
UCSB researchers have formed a university-community partnership to develop trauma-informed practices that promote resilience and thriving.