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2007-08 News
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June 2008
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Board of Education Votes to Authorize an Elementary District and a Secondary District Parcel Tax for the November 2008 Ballot
- Property Use Proposal from the Santa Barbara School Districts/Santa Barbara County Education Office to the City of Santa Barbara
- Harding Elementary School Enrolling Children for Reggio Emilia-Inspired Preschool
- Susan Snyder and Nancy Tobin on Line to Learning
- Districts’ Board of Education to Pursue a Parcel Tax in November 2008
- Spectrum Management Solutions’ Assessment of Use of Measure V Bond Funds
- New Principals for Franklin and McKinley Elementary Schools
- Board Consideration of a Parcel Tax to Support Education Programs
- Update: Norm Clevenger Is Ready to Lead San Marcos High School
- Three Percent Salary Increase for Management and Confidential Employees
- Tomatoes: News from Nutrition Services
- Police Chief Sanchez and Harding Principal Kingston to Trade Jobs on Thursday
- OAS Students Head to Leadbetter Beach for a Schoolwide Triathlon
- Kudos to Two Dos Pueblos Chargers Headed for the Major Leagues
- Districts’ Top Volunteers: Students Exceed Community Service Requirement
- Norm Clevenger to Lead San Marcos High School
- 2008 Graduating Class
- Michito Fukuzawa will be Santa Barbara High School’s Honored Guest at the June 12 Graduation
- Franklin Elementary School Mural Dedication on June 11; Mural Celebrates the Dreams of Children
- San Marcos High School’s New Swimming Pool
- San Marcos High School Pool Ribbon Cutting Tomorrow
- Rotary-Funded Playground Dedicated Today at Adams Elementary School
- Dos Pueblos High Economics Students have Strong Showing in Two Capital Markets Contests
- 2008 Teen Arts Mentorship Group Exhibition Begins June 6
- Cesar Chavez Charter School to Inaugurate a New Playground Structure on June 11
- California Science Fair Results for 2008
May 2008
- Santa Barbara Elementary School District’s Students Shine at the 2008 Math Superbowl
- Santa Barbara High School Spring Choral Concerts
- Santa Barbara Science Fair Results Now Online
- Spaces Still Available for June 7 Preschool School Parent and Caregiver Expo
- Third Interim Report Reflects the Districts’ Improved Financial Health
- District Office Reorganization for Educational Services
- Dos Pueblos Advance Jazz to be Honored on Sunday
- HELLO DOLLY! Comes to La Cumbre Junior High School
- Board of Education has Approved Establishment of a Surplus Facilities Committee
- Requests for Proposals for Tatum and Hidden Valley Sites
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Spring Sing on May 31
- Santa Barbara Junior High to Celebrate The Writing Anthology 2008
- Junior High Chess Tourney on Wednesday
- Playground Equipment Dedication Ceremony at Adams Elementary School on June 4 to Celebrate Donation by Local and International Rotary Clubs
- Correction: Newsweek Magazine’s List of 1,300 Top Public High Schools
- La Cuesta Students Among this Weekend’s I Madonnari Artists
- La Cuesta/Museum Collaboration on Display at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Three Comprehensive High Schools Listed in Newsweek’s 2008 Ranking of the Top 1,300 U.S. High Schools
- Dos Pueblos Student Art Exhibition
- Dos Pueblos High School to Present “Classics to Modern and Movie Magic” Concert
- m-pact to Headline Dos Pueblos High School’s June 6 Jazz Choir and Combo’s Benefit Concert
- Washington Elementary School’s Quinn Hensley Takes Second Place at the 2008 State Spelling Championship
- Santa Barbara Community Academy’s Phone Number
- Book Fair for Adams Elementary School Students
- Correction: San Marcos High School’s Spring Concert
- United Way Santa Barbara Welcomes Your Voice in This Week’s Community Forums
- Preschool Parent and Caregiver Expo on June 7
- Goleta Valley Junior High School’s 14-Year-Old Astronomer Uses Robotic Telescope, Plots Light Curves
- La Colina Student Aces State Junior High Spelling Championship
- Opening Reception Celebrates Artwork by Students from McKinley Elementary School and Santa Barbara Charter School
- Budget Update: The May Revise and K-12 Education Budget
- David Holmes Honored by Rotarians
- Dos Pueblos High School to Perform BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- Washington Student Headed to State Elementary Spelling Championship
- Free Spring Concert at San Marcos High School
- United Way Recognizes Santa Barbara School Districts at Annual Awards Celebration
- Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce Honors Amir Abo-Shaeer
- SB Education Foundation HOPE Award
- UPDATE: Santa Barbara High School District’s Graduation/Promotion Schedule for the Class of 2008
- Proposed Secondary District GATE Recommendations
- Home School Santa Barbara, a Proposed Educational Program
- Dos Pueblos Advanced Jazz Band to hold a Spring Swing
- Santa Barbara High Prepares for the Arrival of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- McKinley Elementary Third Graders Act Globally
- State Superintendent Jack O’Connell Encourages Schools to Honor Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Kudos to San Marcos High School’s Law Week 2008 Essay Contest Winners
- San Marcos High School’s DAMN YANKEES is Underway
- Roosevelt Elementary School Students to Celebrate the Creative Child
April 2008
- Anissa McNeil to serve as the Santa Barbara School Districts’ Director of Special Education
- New CASBO President
- Local Elementary Students to Participate in “Rhythms From Around The World” on Friday, May 2
- Kathy Abney Named CCEA Administrator of the Year
- San Marcos High School’s Vote on Staffing Parity Moves the Budget Process Forward
- Santa Barbara High School Elevator Ribbon Cutting
- Passing of John Boettner
- Harding Elementary School Leads the Way in Environmental Sustainability Efforts
- Santa Barbara School Districts Cut $4 Million from 2008-09 Budget
- Mark your Calendar: Santa Barbara High to Perform BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- Wednesday is Civil War Day at Santa Barbara Junior High
- Prom Season
- Santa Barbara High School Jazz Ensembles are Headed to Pasadena
- Open Alternative School Celebrates Earth Day Today
- CSEA Announces 2008 Chapter Members of the Year
- Preschool Parent and Caregiver Expo
- Sports Illustrated Features Santa Barbara High Grad’s Sacrifice for the Team
- Santa Barbara High School District’s Graduation/Promotion Schedule for the Class of 2008
- Bobby McFerrin to Conduct Master Class at Dos Pueblos High School Tomorrow
- Dos Pueblos High Jazz Choir and Combo Took Third Place at Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival
- April 13 Screening of DON RIDERS, a Film about Santa Barbara High’s Low-Rider Bike Club
- Santa Barbara Community Academy to hold Nutrition Decathlon
- Santa Barbara High’s Lito Hernandez to Perform in the 2008 Music Center Spotlight Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
- Board of Education Discussion of Budget Cuts for Fiscal Year 2008-09
- Meeting on Highway 101 Construction this Summer
- Student Art Exhibit at San Marcos High School
- Summer School 2008 in the Secondary District
- Public Comments Solicited on Possible Revisions to the Santa Barbara High School District's GATE Identification Criteria for Fall 2009
- San Marcos High School to Host the California Highway Patrol’s EVERY 15 MINUTES
March 2008
- Santa Barbara School Districts Reach Terms of Employment Agreement with Deputy Superintendent Eric D. Smith
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Engineering Academy Robotics Team is Victorious at the Los Angeles FIRST Regionals and now Prepares for the mid-April Global Showdown in Atlanta
- Board of Education Updates Policies and Regulations
- Upcoming Performances
- La Colina Junior High Students will take a Walk through the Middle Ages
- Board Approves Interim Financial Report and Prepares to Make $4 Million in Budget Cuts
- Board Agrees to a Memorandum of Understanding with Cal-Pass
- Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir Headed to Jazz Festivals this Spring
- Congratulations Recipients of SBCEO’s Teachers Network Awards
- Looking Good Santa Barbara’s 2008 Spirit of Service Awards
- Districts’ Students have Stellar Showing in the County Spelling Bee
- Dos Pueblos High School Wins Regional Robotics Competition
- Annie Jr. to be Performed at Santa Barbara Junior High
- La Colina Junior High Students Prepare to Walk through the Middle Ages
- City and Santa Barbara School Districts Receive Update on Youth Violence
- Process and Timeline for Budget Reductions
- Bond Measure I-98 Update
- Brian Tanguay’s Participation in the Lt. Governor’s Forum on Proposed Budget Cuts
- Santa Barbara High School’s Multimedia Arts and Design Academy Grant
- Santa Barbara High School Students participate in Teen CERT Course
- Anything Goes at Goleta Valley Junior High
- Eric Smith Selected as Santa Barbara School Districts’ Deputy Superintendent
February 2008
- San Marcos High School to Celebrate 50 Golden Years with a Weekend of Celebration
- Santa Barbara High Brings Back the 1960s with Jeff Barry: Music for a New Generation
- Michael Acton’s Third-Grade Class is in the Business of Giving
- Secondary District GATE Program Internal Review
- Career Day at San Marcos High School
- Santa Barbara Junior High School’s 75 Years of Service to the Community
- Book Corner: Children’s Book Awards
- Community Forum on Closing the Achievement Gap
- Special Education Report, 2007-08
- Coming up in the days ahead...
- Nancy Weiss Selected as Santa Barbara School Districts’ Director of Nutrition Services
- The Cat in the Hat Will Soon Be Back!
- Santa Barbara High School to Perform HAIR at the Fringe in Scotland
- Paul Turnbull to lead the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District
- Harding Elementary School is Looking Good
- Goleta Valley Junior High’s Industrial Tech Students Learn about Construction Careers
- Santa Barbara High’s Michael Bagdasarian Wins Film Festival’s 10-10-10 Student Script Writing Competition
- School Community Violence Prevention Grant
- Destiny Library Catalog Instructions (Santa Barbara Elementary School District)
- San Marcos High School to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
- Tony Johnson Wins Film Festival's 10-10-10 Student Competition
- Santa Barbara High Music Performance at SOHO
- Health Watch: February is National Children’s Dental Health Month
- Update: Hidden Valley and Tatum Properties
- Free Tax Preparation by Santa Barbara High School’s VITA Tax Preparers
- Wanted: Santa Barbara Junior High School Alumni
- Valentine’s Day Performance of Songs of Love to Benefit San Marcos High’s Madrigal Choir
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Honor Band Performance on February 21
- Alert from the California Department of Education re Westland Meat Company
- Spotlight on District Students in Film Festival’s 10-10-10 Competition
January 2008
- School Services of California Presentation at Tuesday’s Board Meeting
- Anniversary Celebrations Ahead at Santa Barbara Junior High School and San Marcos High School
- Local Students to Get Aboard the C-SPAN Campaign 2008 Bus as it Rocks it Way to the White House
- Wellness Section of the Web
- New Tile Wall at the Dos Pueblos High School Pool
- New California Laws Affecting Education in 2008
- Board of Education Recognizes the Dos Pueblos High School Engineering Academy
- Don Riders: Santa Barbara Film Festival Documentary about the SBHS Don Riders Bicycle Club
- High School District to Apply For School Community Violence Prevention Program Grant Funds
- The Santa Barbara School Districts and the City Partner for After School Youth Programs
- The Governor’s Budget
- Storm Watch: Washington Elementary School
- Semifinalists and Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program
- Eliza Clark Wins Poetry Award
- Cabaret Night at San Marcos High School
- Dos Pueblos High School Teacher Roland Lewin Receives “Adams Apple”
- Book Corner, Check It Out
- Coming Soon to a Theater Near You...
- What’s Cookin’ in our Cafeterias...
- Sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan Rolled Up their Sleeves and Helped Our Schools
- January 18 Minimum Day in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Channel 21 to Air Milken Foundation Announcement of Marilyn Garza’s Selection as Milken National Educator Award Recipient
- New California Laws Affecting Education in 2008
- Districts’ High School Students Shine in Santa Barbara Film Festival’s 10-10-10 Student Competitions
- Marilyn Garza and Peggy Lubchenco featured in SBCEO’s News, Winter 2007-08
- USS Ronald Reagan Sailors Volunteer Community Service Hours to District Schools 73 Sailors Volunteer to Help Local Schools
- 2008-09 School Calendar Adopted by Board of Education
- State budget shortfall grows; Education at higher risk for mid-year cuts
- Kudos to San Marcos Royals Marching Band and Color Guard
- Santa Barbara Education Foundation to Roast Rod Lathim and Support Keep The Beat
December 2007
- News Flash: 2008-09 School Calendar Ratified by Santa Barbara Teachers Association
- Interim Financial Reports: Reporting and Planning the Districts’ Financial Position
- Laura Malakoff to Lead Districts’ Board of Education
- District Maintenance and Facilities Support
- Mark Your Calendar: Free Theater Performances at San Marcos High School on January 10-12, 2008
- Twelve La Cumbre Junior High Students Receive San Marcos High School Outreach Award
- Early Enrollment in the Elementary District
- Rent Versus Buy Analysis
- Santa Barbara Junior High School Families and Staff Raise $1,491.45 for Southland Fire Victims
- Proposed Calendar for School Year 2008-09
- Measure I-98 Bond Update
- District Office Directory Available Online
- Santa Barbara High School Holiday Concert
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
- City Landmarks
- Holiday Carols
- The Santa Barbara School Districts’ Hidden Valley and Tatum Properties
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Board of Education Updates Facility Master Plan
- Santa Barbara High School Madrigals’ Holiday Concerts
- Dos Pueblos High School Concert Choir to Perform on December 8 and December 9
- San Marcos Madrigal Singers’ Winter Concert on December 10
- San Marcos Wins Marching Band Championship and the Next Stop is Miami Florida’s Orange Bowl
- Hidden Valley and Tatum Property Discussions to Continue on December 4
- Board Policy Updates
November 2007
- San Marcos High School Madrigal Singers to Participate in Carnegie Hall’s Fifth Annual National High School Choral Festival
- Leading the 2007 Milpas Street Parade on Friday will be...
- Professional Women and Female College Students Sought for Santa Barbara High School’s Mentor/TIA Program
- Mobile Waterford Van is a Classroom on Wheels for Pre-K Youngsters
- School District Grad Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Performing Arts Center Ribbon Cutting on November 27, 2007
- Representative for Senator Dianne Feinstein to Tour A-OK Program at Franklin Elementary School
- Increased Safety and Security at Football Games
- FUSE Night (Family Ultimate Science Exploration!) at Santa Barbara Junior High on Wednesday, November 14
- Staph Prevention in Schools: MSRA
- “A Day Made Better” for a Harding Elementary School Teacher
- Eric Smith is Providing Support to the Districts’ Business Office
- Veterans Day Ceremonies in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Dos Pueblos Teacher John Muir to Participate in a Reading of Tigers and Songbirds, a Book of Poetry
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Awarded Grant for New Facility, $3 Million in Matching Funds to be Raised
- Veterans Day 2007: Santa Barbara High Honors Fallen Dons, These Veterans Are More Than Just Names on a Rock
- Moss Hart’s Light Up The Sky to be performed at San Marcos High School, Beginning November 15, 2007
- Marilyn Garza, Santa Barbara Junior High Teacher, Recipient of $25,000 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award
October 2007
- Jack O’Connell to Visit Santa Barbara Junior High School
- Basic Aid Projections for the Santa Barbara Elementary School District
- Peter Pan to Soar Across the Santa Barbara High School Stage
- Santa Barbara School Districts to join the Serious Habitual Offender (SHO) Program
- Witness for the Prosecution to Open at Dos Pueblos High School on November 8
- Grade Assignments or Grade Changes in AP and IB Classes
- Nationwide Search to begin for a new Director of Nutrition Services
- Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Position
- Kermes Festival at McKinley Elementary School on November 3
- Santa Barbara High School Students Meet Dr. Jane Goodall
- La Colina Junior High School’s Wild For Animals Film Festival to Benefit Science Education
- A-OK Program to Join October 18 National Celebration of Lights On Afterschool
- National School Lunch Week 2007
- Board of Education Votes to Restore Junior High School Electives
- “A Day Made Better” for a Harding Elementary School Teacher
- La Cumbre Junior High School and Cesar Chavez Charter School Reach New Heights
- Time Change: The San Marcos/Santa Barbara Big Game gets an Early Start on October 26
September 2007
- Santa Barbara School Districts to Reinstate Junior High School Electives
- Rachel’s Challenge Day at Dos Pueblos High School on October 4 and at San Marcos High School on October 5, 2007
- “Planning Guidelines for Co-curricular Activities” has been Revised
- California Department of Education Designates September 24-28, 2007 as Deaf Awareness Week
- Update on Review of District Budget
- Instrumental Music in the Santa Barbara Elementary School District
- San Marcos High School to Celebrate the Half Century Mark with 50 Years of Royalty
- New Preschool Opportunity for Four-Year-Old Children
- Updated Planning Guidelines for Co-curricular Activities now on the Web
- Accountability Progress Report; District Progress on NCLB Benchmarks and API Scores
- General Obligation Bond Refunding
- Fundraising in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Undesignated Budget Reserves
- Measure V Bond Project Update: San Marcos and Dos Pueblos High Schools
- School Crossing Guards in Short Supply
- Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Expands Programs for Youth
- Channel 21 to Air Jim Collins’ Good To Great
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Food Fair Featured In FoodService Director Magazine
August 2007
- La Colina Junior High to Celebrate Jake Boysel’s Birthday with a Tree Planting
- Power Restored to Adams Elementary School
- Back-to-School Nights in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- La Cumbre Junior High School Receives We the People Picturing America Grant
- Santa Barbara School Districts' Air Quality Vigilance
- San Marcos High School to Celebrate Gymnasium Renovation Project with an August 20 Ribbon Cutting
- Wildfire-related Stress: Tips for Talking with Children
- Breadbreaking to Inaugurate Harding Elementary School’s New Cafeteria
- Shirley Corpuz Appointed to Serve as the Santa Barbara School Districts Director of Fiscal Services
- Space is still Available in Child Development’s Free Universal Preschool Program and the Reggio Emilia Preschool Class
- Santa Barbara Community Academy Students Start School with Costco-Provided Backpacks
- Zaca Fire Information Kiosks
- Zaca Fire Information
- Harding School Receives $50,000 Early Intervention for School Success Grant
- Dos Pueblos High School Serves as Red Cross Shelter for Zaca Fire Evacuees