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Friday, June 27, 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

At a special meeting today, Friday, June 27, 2008, the Santa Barbara School Districts’ Board of Education met to consider placing two separate parcel taxes on the November 2008 ballot:

• $23 per parcel per year for four years for the Santa Barbara High School District. Parcel tax funds would be used for supplementing math, science, and technology education; supplementing music, arts, and theater programs at the secondary level; supplementing foreign language at the high school level; and restoring ninth-grade math class sizes.
• $27 per parcel per year for four years for parcels in the Santa Barbara Elementary School District. Parcel tax funds would be used for supplementing math, science, and technology education and offering classroom music programs.

Following discussion, the board voted 4:0 (Ayes: Annette Cordero, Nancy Harter, Robert Noel, and Kate Parker; Absent: Laura Malakoff) to authorize an elementary district and a secondary district parcel tax, with an available exemption for senior citizens, with independent citizen oversight, and with every dollar staying on our local schools. None of the money raised would be used for administrative salaries.