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Santa Barbara Unified School District participates in nationwide Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill Santa Barbara Unified School District students in preschool through 12th grade participated in the nationwide Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill. Students practiced the model [...]

Santa Barbara Unified School District Celebrates Completion of a Bond-Funded Project with Ribbon Cutting at Harding University Partnership School Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education and Superintendent Cary Matsuoka celebrated the completion of [...]

Comprehensive efforts balance age-appropriate, physical and psychological safety Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education took action to respond to the district’s focused priority: assess and enhance comprehensive school safety planning in kindergarten through [...]

The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture and Pianos on State have announced the artists and organizations selected to participate in Pianos on State 2018. In its ninth year, the interactive musical exhibition [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Debbie Arnesen to its Board of Directors. Arnesen was a fund development professional for 30 years serving nonprofit organizations and institutions throughout the tri-county area. As a consultant [...]

Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education, Superintendent Cary Matsuoka, and San Marcos High School held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the San Marcos High School pool deck resurfacing project. [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Diana Ciontea to its Board of Directors. Ciontea leads Financial Planning and Analysis at FastSpring, an eCommerce platform headquartered in downtown Santa Barbara. She has experience guiding financial [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Stephanie Ramirez Zárate to its Board of Directors. Ramirez Zárate is a Field Representative for Assemblymember Monique Limon, where she oversees legislative issue areas surrounding K-12 education policy, [...]

Santa Barbara Unified School District launches a new Teacher Induction Program A first-ever Teacher Induction Program led by Santa Barbara Unified School District launched this week with 85 preliminary credentialed teachers. The district-led program provides [...]

Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education selected Lauren Berlin as principal of Alta Vista Alternative High School and La Cuesta Continuation High School. Berlin succeeds Elise Simmons, EdD who was selected to serve [...]

For most, summer is time to relax and have a little fun in the sun! For the Santa Barbara Education Foundation, it's the time of year to focus on stocking up classrooms for our local [...]

As a mother and an elementary teacher with 16 years in the field, Claire Krock felt helpless. Her daughter continued to struggle to learn how to read despite her best efforts. It wasn’t until she [...]

When school is out summer music camps are in! Besides providing support to SB Unified students during the school year, Santa Barbara Education Foundation provides affordable music camps to all students looking for fun musical [...]

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Words of wisdom by Dr. Seuss! Every year, Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s HOPE Awards honors [...]

By Mikayla McNair Suppose you peruse the archives of the Santa Barbara Education Foundation meeting minutes. In that case, you will surely stumble upon the name Frank Stevens, who has been heavily involved in the [...]

By Rebekah Altman While much modern English usage such as the phrase “Cool, dude” would cause 16th-century theater aficionados to scratch their heads, current audiences are often equally at a loss when studying canonical works [...]