NEWS
Wednesday, April 1: Our First Day of a New Kind of School
Source: Santa Barbara Unified School District Welcome back message Spanish/EnglishDear Families of SB Unified: We extend our heartfelt care and concern to you as we navigate this global crisis together. We can announce that SBUnified schools will remain closed through Friday, May 1. Based on that decision, and in the face of unprecedented constraints, [...]
Valerie Galindo Selected as the New Principal of Roosevelt Elementary
Source: Santa Barbara Unified School District The Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education approved the appointment of Valerie Galindo as the next principal for Roosevelt Elementary, effective July 1, 2020. Ms. Galindo has sixteen years of teaching experience and knows our district and community well. With her current experience as your assistant principal, [...]
Important message from Superintendent Cary Matsuoka
Dear SB Unified Families and Staff, These are truly unprecedented times for all of us. In my lifetime, I have experienced a significant moment about every twenty years – the assassination of JFK (1963), the space shuttle Challenger explosion (1986), 9-11 (2001), and now COVID-19 (2020). We will all remember where we were when the [...]
Matthew Dittman Hired as SB Unified’s New Director of Food Services
Source: Santa Barbara Unified School District We are pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew Dittman as SB Unified’s new Director of Food Services. Dittman has been in the restaurant industry for nearly 20 years, mainly in the Santa Barbara area. He has already jumped into his role, actively helping our food services team to [...]
EVENTS
The Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) will host Wealth of Knowledge, a free financial literacy workshop designed specifically for educators, on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
LATEST ISSUE
Education Matters
As we close out 2025, this issue of Education Matters celebrates the impact made possible by our community.
From a powerful story highlighting the lifelong influence of music education to key insights from Superintendent Dr. Hilda Maldonado’s State of Our Schools address, this newsletter reflects a year of growth and opportunity across Santa Barbara’s public schools.
You’ll also meet SBEF’s newest board member and join us in thanking a longtime leader for his dedicated service.
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