Planning Gaviota
A who’s who of Gaviota Coast stakeholders turned out last week to the Goleta Union School District boardroom to kick off a county process that aims to develop a general plan for the region.
Ethan Stewart
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Merrick Leaving Channel Islands Surfboards?
Parent company says rumors are hogwash.
Special Ed Gets Low Grades
Echoing months of complaints by disgruntled parents, the Sacramento-based Fiscal Crisis and Management Team delivered a particularly damning report last week to the Santa Barbara School Board on the current state of the district’s Special Education department.
East Beach Water Contamination Mystery Continues
A mystery is unfolding in the sand along Santa Barbara’s East Beach, and chances are the tourism board doesn’t want you to know about it.
Terrace of Trouble?
Jury awards $2.2 million in elder care lawsuit.
Setback for Naples Plan
In what was music to the ears of opponents to Matt Osgood’s Naples development dream, the Santa Barbara County supervisors voted 3-0 this week-boardmembers Joni Grey and Joe Centeno abstained-to further delay the permitting process for the controversial 71-mansion plan.
School Board Cuts Budget – Again
School may be out for the summer in the Santa Barbara School Districts, but that sure didn’t make things any easier for the Board of Education this week.
More School District Cuts
Thanks to the undeniably dire realities of the current state budget crisis as well as a recently discovered $500,000 daily attendance snafu at the high schools, the Santa Barbara School Board began looking this week at ways to whittle away some $1.5 million more from its budget, just six weeks after it cut $3.1 million.
Mission Impossible?
Against long odds, Harding School revamps, restructures, and re-imagines its future.
School Board Eyes Dismal Financial Future
State budget woes threaten to eliminate even more millions of dollars.
