Layoffs Coming to Santa Barbara Unified School District
With the next year’s budget still in the works, the district says it’s too soon to say what will be cut.
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With the next year’s budget still in the works, the district says it’s too soon to say what will be cut.
A return of the seventh period would help students take music and theater classes.
Tuesday’s massive march was the Santa Barbara Teachers Association’s largest action to date.
District employees and parents express concern as the loss of pandemic-era funding forces the district to make painful cuts.
S.B. Education Foundation grants will fund field trips, classroom upgrades, and creative projects around the school district.
Authors and illustrators share their craft with more than 400 5th-8th graders at the four-day annual event.
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.
The school district dismissed the Carpinteria Middle School teacher in 2022 after he allegedly made a series of “sexually suggestive comments toward students.”
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School of Education disputes the “F” grade given to its teacher education program by the National Council on Teacher Quality, while local school districts are continuing to support their teachers amid recent curriculum changes.
A state mediator is expected to intervene to attempt to resolve the salary dispute.