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By Erinn Lynch for Santa Barbara Education Foundation Santa Barbara Education Foundation hosted its annual Teachers Grant Award Ceremony on Jan. 8, awarding 56 teachers with $84,982 in grants. Funds will be applied to support the purchase of needed supplies and tools, as well as to encourage the development of creative and innovative teaching in [...]

Dos Pueblos teacher Bethany Bodenhamer has been appointed as the interim Dean of Student Engagement at Dos Pueblos High School. Her first day in the role is January 21, 2020. Bodenhamer joined Santa Barbara Unified in 2008 as a Social Studies and English teacher at Dos Pueblos and has enjoyed serving in a variety of [...]

Franklin Elementary School students and staff are elated with the news that their campus has earned the prestigious California Distinguished School recognition. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond made the announcement on Wednesday that Franklin is one of 323 elementary schools across the state being honored under the 2020 California Distinguished Schools Award Program. [...]

A group of local teachers, administrators and community members are designing a Dual Language Immersion program that will lead to students becoming bilingual and biliterate in both Spanish and English. The program is planned for Santa Barbara Junior High for Fall 2020. The model will be launched at one of the district's existing elementary school [...]