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.
City officials celebrated the restoration of a 1,800-foot stretch of the creek at ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.
Federal designation kicks into effect following state review.
The school board adopts a resolution committing to protect LGBTQ+ and undocumented students.
The Aquaculture Opportunity Areas proposed in the channel range from 500 to 2,000 acres.
Superintendent Hilda Maldonado and school boardmember Gabe Escobedo met with the governor about the school district’s “Off and Away” policy for cell phones.
A path has been cleared for the U.S. Forest Service to proceed with its Reyes Peak Forest Health Project; conservationists call the Ninth Circuit’s decision a “shocking blow.”
The national nonprofit Shoes That Fit partners with Santa Barbara residents Liisa and Andrew Primack to give more than 300 students new shoes.
In eight out of 12 of the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s elementary schools, less than 50 percent of students can read at grade level.
More than half of district students failed to meet grade-level standards in reading and math, but the district scored well in other areas, including chronic absenteeism, college and career readiness, and high school graduation rates.
