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By Marissa Garcia, Santa Barbara Education Foundation Students with reading differences need early intervention to continue their academic success. Two years ago, the Santa Barbara Unified School District addressed these concerns by implementing a pilot [...]

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education named Analese Alvarez, Edward Gomez, and Marshall Webb as Deans of Student Engagement. All three will begin their new roles on July 1, [...]

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education named Elena Garcia-Yoshitomi as the next Principal of McKinley elementary school. Garcia-Yoshitomi, a Doctoral candidate at California Lutheran University, has over a decade [...]

  By Marissa Garcia, Santa Barbara Education Foundation Learning starts in the classroom. But not just for students, for parents too. As a parent volunteer in a kindergarten classroom, Kate Parker found herself in love [...]

By Marissa Garcia, Santa Barbara Education Foundation I before e except after c. The k in “knot” is silent. Flip the letter b and it becomes d, while they look similar they sound different. “The [...]

The Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education adopted a new mission, vision, and core values. The new statements move to focus and align the district with planning documents that drive school board decisions [...]

A first for Santa Barbara Unified School District, Summer XL extended learning opportunities give students more course options during the school year. Santa Barbara Unified School District is offering its own summer extended learning, also [...]

By Marissa Garcia, Santa Barbara Education Foundation As Director Jocelyn Tipple gracefully cuts the air with her arms, hands, and fingers, she controls the tempo from students who are joined together to decipher the same [...]

Dr. Glazer’s life story comes full circle, the new principal returns to the first place she began her life in the United States Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education named Kip Glazer, Ed.D [...]

Foster makes history as the first female principal of La Colina Junior High. Jennifer FosterSanta Barbara Unified School District Board of Education selected Jennifer Foster as La Colina Junior High School’s next principal. Foster, an [...]

By Marissa Garcia, Santa Barbara Education Foundation The Santa Barbara Education Foundation announced the awardees of their Educator Grant Program in mid-December and distributed over $85,000 in grants to local teachers. After reaching out to [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Wendy Sims-Moten to its Board of Directors. Sims-Moten is the Executive Director of First 5 Santa Barbara Country. She has worked for the County for 23 years and [...]

Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education named Bradley Brock as principal of La Cumbre Junior High School. Brock, an administrator at Irving STEAM Magnet Middle School, will begin his service at La Cumbre [...]

By Claire Krock, Literacy Specialist, Santa Barbara Unified School District Equity is the latest buzzword in education. These conversations revolve around closing the achievement gap, racial equity, and utilizing technology to level the playing field. Yet, [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Mat Gradias to its Board of Directors. Gradias is an Associate Architect with Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects with a focus on educational facilities. With the exception of some [...]

Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education elected their 2019 leadership and welcomed two newly elected board members Kate Ford and Rose Muñoz at the school board meeting on December 11, 2018. Officers who [...]