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June 2011
- School districts’ board of education reaches tentative agreement with SBTA
- San Marcos High’s turf groundbreaking ceremony to take place on June 21
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Board of Education selects Monroe principal and director of special education
- Dr. David Cash Named Santa Barbara School Districts’ New Superintendent
- 145th anniversary celebration rebroadcast
- The red and blue Royals go green at today’s San Marcos High School graduation
- Washington School educates children on mental health issues
- La Cuesta Continuation High School graduation speeches, Wednesday, June 1, 2011
- Alta Vista High School’s WASC status
- Reminder: Summer Work Permits
- No Place for Hate
May 2011
- Principal Becchio profiled in this week’s Santa Barbara Independent
- Update: Looking Good Santa Barbara 2011 Spirit of Service Awards
- Teen Summer Reading Program
- Dos Pueblos students recognized by the French Consulate
- Shakespeare comes to Washington School
- Santa Barbara High School's newspaper wins prizes
- San Marcos High School’s annual Encore Concert is tonight, May 25
- Issuance of diplomas for the districts’ seniors
- Dos Pueblos Young Playwrights team with Rubicon Theatre
- Sophomore class at Santa Barbara High meets CAHSEE goal
- Tonight: Screening of Race to Nowhere
- Goleta Valley Junior High's Comedy Night
- It’s official, Santa Barbara School Districts to unify
- No Place for Hate annual reception and celebration
- Spring Vocal Music Concert at Dos Pueblos High School
- Rescinding layoffs
- Annette Cordero receives PUEBLO’s Civic Leader Award
- Adams School “Flows to the Ocean” Mural Rolling Exhibit on MTD Buses all this Summer
- Franklin School Art Show and Mosaic Mural Unveiling
- Barry Nitikman’s students chronicle “The Wrath of the Rat”
- Josue Valdez takes second place in Coast Guard’s national art contest
- La Colina’s Quinn Hensley takes second place in the California Junior High Spelling Bee
- English teacher Todd Borden selected to participate in teacher summer seminar in Italy
- Wellness Day at La Colina Junior High
- Santa Barbara High’s Spring Dance Concert 2011
- Santa Barbara Junior High has a new principal
- Districts’ 145th anniversary celebration a success
- Board demands action by state legislature
- Upcoming screening of Race to Nowhere
- Independent Study Physical Education Participation Criteria
- Recognizing our teachers and nurses
- Santa Barbara High’s choirs to perform the annual spring concert this weekend
- Flows to the Ocean Project
- California Streaming "how to" video
- CHP Santa Barbara to conduct “Start Smart,” a teen driver education program
- Dos Pueblos students shine on the National French Exam
- Three Santa Barbara High teachers receive PacTIN grant
- May 12, 2011: Santa Barbara School Districts to celebrate 145th anniversary
- May 13, 2011: Santa Barbara School Districts to celebrate first Wellness Day
- There is still time to get your tickets for ANYTHING GOES at Santa Barbara High and ME AND MY GIRL at San Marcos High
- Public is invited to Adelante Charter School’s Dia de las Madres
- 2011-12 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year is...
- Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s HOPE Awards to honor Superintendent Sarvis and philanthropist Virgil Elings on May 14
- Dos Pueblos High’s sneaker designs are in the home stretch of Vans Custom Culture Design Contest
- Harding University Partnership School’s Cinco de Mayo celebration
- ANYTHING GOES at Santa Barbara High
- Student Juanito Tavira-Rios wins Santa Barbara Rotary essay contest
- San Marcos to celebrate academic achievement tonight
- Save the date: Franklin School’s Art show
- Santa Barbara Teen Star competition goes online tomorrow
- Districts’ 145th anniversary celebration on May 12
- San Marcos High to kick off ME AND MY GIRL on Thursday
- Three teachers prepare for PAC-TIN grant project
- Student Publications Code
- Career Technical Education in the Santa Barbara Secondary School District
April 2011
- Update: Dos Pueblos seeks your support for their art program with your vote in the Vans “Custom Culture” sneaker design contest
- Meeting the needs of gifted students
- Rachel Venturino wins national scholarship
- Webcast: Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy’s Team 1717 is competing in St. Louis
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ 145th anniversary on May 12
- Washington students ace the Math Olympiads
- La Colina Junior High students demonstrate stellar performance on the National Latin Exam
- AVID Write Off results
- La Cuesta can use your cans
- Family Dialogue Program at San Marcos High School
- Dos Pueblos is working to get out the vote for Vans “Custom Culture” sneaker design contest
- La Cuesta welcomes support for Soles for Souls campaign to benefit tsunami survivors
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ half-day preschool program pre-enrollment begins on Monday, May 2
- Santa Barbara Community Academy is putting down roots
- Today, Washington’s principal is conducting school business from the rooftop
- Congratulations to Santa Barbara High Jazz Festival winners
- Graduation and Promotion Ceremonies 2011
- Superintendent search schedule for the days ahead
- Family Narrative Project: La Cuesta Continuation High School, September 2010-January 2011
- AVID celebrates seniors and their acceptance to college
- Congratulations to La Cumbre Junior High Walk & Roll Challenge winners in Mrs. Minadeo's class
- SBMA’s Art Education Program Creates Bird’s Eye View of the Creeks Below City’s Bridge Replacement Project
- Dos Pueblos High’s Performing Arts Center has a new name
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ have strong financial ratings
- Just Communities to present “Creating Effective Multilingual Environments” training on May 4
- Summer Work Permits
- News from La Cuesta and Alta Vista
- Crystal Apple winners
- Reminder: AVID Senior Celebration on Monday, April 18
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Team 1717 will be attending International Robotics Competition in St. Louis from April 28-30
- Districts’ elementary schools launch Poetry Month
- Washington’s fundraising efforts
- HELLO, DOLLY! to open at Dos Pueblos High on Friday, April 15
- One night only: Adelante Charter School Art Show on Nature and Healthy Food
- Santa Barbara High’s Visual Arts and Design Academy to hold a spring showcase
- MarBorg Industries continues support of our district through its Save a Teacher Program
- San Marcos High’s Madrigal Singers and Enchante took two vocal festivals by storm
- AB 540 College Night at Santa Barbara City College
- Two Ventura County incidents re Hubby’s Edibles
- Arbor Day celebration at Santa Barbara Community Academy
- Watch for the districts’ Mobile Café at Earth Day 2011
- Congratulations to our CIF-Southern Section Academic Champions
- Santa Barbara City College/Alta Vista Middle College information meetings
- NIGHT OF STRING MUSIC to showcase parcel tax dollars at work
- San Marcos and Dos Pueblos Mock Trial teams end the season with wins at the California Mock Trial Championship
- Class of 2011 AVID Senior Celebration
- Arbor Day at Franklin Elementary
- Santa Barbara High’s Week of Wellness
- Protecting student from sexual harassment and sexual violence
- UCSB to sponsor NanoDays at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy students
- Student art show opens this week at San Marcos High
- Dos Pueblos High School Student Art Show
- Guess who read with Roosevelt?
March 2011
- Looking Good Santa Barbara to honor Nancy Weiss as Composter of the Year-Educator
- Superintendent Search survey deadline is today
- Happy Birthday To Us…
- La Colina and Goleta Valley stand out at MATHCOUNTS competition
- Measures Q2010 and R2010 Bond Oversight Committees
- Harding Preschool is now enrolling 2-5 year olds
- 2011 Free For The Weekend essay contest winners
- Instrumental music performance at Goleta Valley Junior High on Thursday
- Superintendent Search
- Three elementary schools schedule Arbor Day 2011 tree planting
- Tri-County GATE Council honors GATE leaders
- Dos Pueblos students get a bird’s eye view of television and film production
- Jayne Wamsley selected as classified employee of the year
- San Marcos High School’s Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band performance is tomorrow
- Applications for San Marcos High’s Accelerated Academic Program for Leadership and Enrichment are now available
- Special Education’s Assistive Technology Plan
- Superintendent search online survey
- Save the date: McKinley’s All School Art Show
- San Marcos Mock Trial team triumphs and moves on to state
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy’s book signing at Chaucer’s
- La Colina Junior High School’s “A Walk Through the Middle Ages” set for March 17
- Check out BYE BYE BIRDIE this week
- La Cumbre Junior High’s Westside Evening Program
- Superintendent’s search meeting at San Marcos High School, March 14
- Update: Board decisions on Fiscal Solvency Plan, Phase 5
- Cyberbullying: What can we do to keep our children safe?
- New leadership selected for Santa Barbara High and San Marcos High
- San Marcos students win local engineering contest
- La Colina Junior High School’s “A Walk Through the Middle Ages” takes place on March 17
- Calling all teen singers: Santa Barbara Teen Idol 2011 to benefit district’s high school performing arts departments
- National Merit Finalists
- Our school cafeterias and Mobile Cafés are eco-friendly
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Leadership changes at Santa Barbara High and San Marcos High
- Update: Fiscal Solvency Plan and reductions in force
- Second reading of Fiscal Solvency Plan, Phase 5
- Parcel tax dollars in action, Roosevelt to host a musical open house on Wednesday, March 9
- What’s new at the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy?
February 2011
- March 1 is the deadline for intradistrict transfers
- Santa Barbara High student wins Domestic Violence Solutions’ poster project
- California tackles whooping cough
- Trash diversion progress continues
- Cleveland Elementary School's environmental action project
- Quinn gets another win in county spelling bee
- Bond Oversight Committee members selected by board
- Board approves resolution to place a revenue extension measure on the June 2011 state ballot
- Reduction in Force notices
- La Cuesta High School makes the grade
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Receives $250,000 Grant from Change Happens Foundation
- Reminder: Districts’ 2011 Honor Band Concert is tomorrow night
- San Marcos High’s Accelerated Academic Program for Leadership and Enrichment
- La Cuesta students to hear FAS/FASD awareness presentation by Morgan Fawcett
- Teachers Network-Impact II winners
- Grandparent Portrait exhibition includes works by students in our secondary district
- Dos Pueblos scores regional win at the Kern County Regional Science Bowl
- Santa Barbara High students caught holding the bag
- Districts’ 2011 Honor Band Concert
- Upcoming holidays and observances
- IEEE Spectrum features Dos Pueblos High’s Amir Abo-Shaeer
- May 14 Santa Barbara Education Foundation 2011 HOPE Awards to recognize Superintendent Brian Sarvis and philanthropist Virgil Elings
- Teresa Koontz is the 2011 recipient of the Pacific Region Distinguished Service Award
- Dos Pueblos sweeps Poetry Out Loud Santa Barbara County championships
- Administration furlough days
- There is lots of talent on display in San Marcos High’s ROYAL BLUE REVUE
- This is Disability and Equity Awareness Week at San Marcos High School
- La Colina Junior High shines at Musical Theater Competition of America Festival
- BYE BYE BIRDIE coming to La Colina Junior High in March
- Districts given clean bill of financial health by outside auditors
- Districts’ Mobile Café joins the food truck phenomenon
- Dos Pueblos performing arts complex to be named the Elings Performing Arts Center
- Update: Superintendent’s Search
- Education Code requires three commemorative exercises in February
- Rachel’s Challenge is coming to San Marcos High School
- Save the date: La Colina Junior High prepares for “A Walk Through The Middle Ages”
- Update: Superintendent’s Search
- Black History Month: Santa Barbara Blues Society to visit Santa Barbara High
- Local screening of the film Race to Nowhere
- Applications to serve on the Measures Q and R oversight committees are online
- New resource book on the Chumash language in our school libraries
- San Marcos High School to honor seven athletes on February 5
- Santa Barbara High’s Lady Dons varsity basketball team preparing for “Think Pink Week”
- Interested in being a speaker at San Marcos High’s Career Day?
- Grant to help teachers purchase classroom materials
- San Marcos High School to screen “What Is the Electric Car?”
- February is…
January 2011
- Budget update
- Refrigerated and filtered water bottle filling stations in operation on several campuses
- San Marcos High’s Marquettes step to the beat
- Orfalea Foundations donation to support AVID program
- Teachers Marilyn Garza and Christine McLaine honored for exceptional teaching
- Measure Q and R Bond Oversight Committee applications now online
- Santa Barbara School Districts to be recognized for web site accessibility at 2011 California Digital Inclusion Awards
- February holiday observances and commemorative exercises
- La Cumbre Junior High to launch its Healthy Lifestyle and Fitness Program
- Results of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s 10-10-10 Student Competition
- Pepe Gil receives the Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award
- DONS Day at Santa Barbara High
- Santa Barbara High School Green Academy STEM Expansion Initiative
- La Cuesta awaits accreditation decision
- The 145-day countdown has begun
- Adams Elementary School garden project on YouTube
- Senior citizen exemption application forms available for parcel tax Measures H and I
- 2011-2012 Budget Development Calendar
- Congratulations to the winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. essay and poetry contest
- Board of education approves Thompson Bill Unification
- An Evening of One-Acts at San Marcos High School
- Special Education Parent Advisory Committee
- San Marcos High’s Health Academy prepares students for the nursing profession
- CHP to conduct a “Start Smart” class for teens on January 19
- Lawsuit regarding mandatory fees to participate in educational activities
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Team 1717 is ready to roll
- Enrollment for school year 2011-12 is now underway in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Santa Barbara High’s fall dance recital on Tuesday, January 11
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Santa Barbara High’s VADA students to display artwork at First Thursday on January 6
- San Marcos High’s Kids Helping Kids to stage charity concert with Mat Kearney and Tyrone Wells on Saturday, January 8
- Bullying is the subject of DramaDogs performance at Santa Barbara High
December 2010
- Thompson Bill Unification
- Superintendent search process
- Board conducts annual organization meeting
- Board approves positive certification of First Interim Financial Report
- Principal Casie Killgore and Santa Barbara High student Eli Himovitz among the Indie’s 2010 Local Heroes
- Read, read, read
- La Colina Junior High students sing like angels at the Nutcracker
- Santa Barbara High School’s Winter Concert
- Reminder: Free event: “Race To Nowhere” will be screened on January 9
- And the winners of the 2010 Downtown Holiday Parade are…
- Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation trains Cleveland sixth graders
- Changes to GATE and Honors classes are going well
- Open Houses have been scheduled for parents of new students and transfers
- Dropout rate
- Free event: “Race To Nowhere” to be screened on January 9
- Two three-day holidays in February
- Cyberbullying letter to parents
- Free winter concert at Santa Barbara Junior High
- Cleveland students demonstrate their jazz skills this Friday
- DPHS and SBHS face off to benefit student activities
- Aladdin Junior will be at La Cumbre Junior High for one night only
- San Marcos High School’s Kids Helping Kids
- San Marcos Sheltered English class prepares for Shakespeare’s THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
- San Marcos Marching Band wins Division 1A Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association championship and will hold a free community performance on December 7
- Santa Barbara High’s Madrigals and A Capella Choir Holiday Performance
- Superintendent search
- Friday, December 3 is Day of the Special Educator
- GOT BROADWAY? at Goleta Valley Junior High
- Congratulations to the PAL sport team winners
- Save the date: Race to Nowhere
- Adelante Charter School recipient of Montecito Bank and Trust grant
November 2010
- Child Development Program’s new director
- Mark your calendar, Goleta Valley Junior High to perform “Got Broadway?”
- There is still time to catch the Incredible Children’s Art Network exihibit at the Faulkner Gallery
- Santa Barbara High grad Kami Craig pays tribute to teacher Debbie Penny
- San Marcos student Guadalupe Piña is the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce Student of the Year for 2010
- San Marcos High’s Mock Trial Team goes to Harvard
- November is Native American Heritage Month: La Colina Junior High celebrates the contributions of Native Americans
- Cleveland Elementary School’s first official Walk-to-School Day was a huge success
- Update: Three Washington third graders weigh in on the ending of the last Harry Potter book
- Upcoming district office and/or school closures
- San Marcos Marching Band aces Oxnard High School Band Competition
- Safe schools training to create safer schools for LGBTQ students and families
- School counselors and psychologists to attend November 19 training on the treatment of suicidal clients
- Nutrition Services’ Mobile Café hits the spot with Santa Barbara High students
- Students recognized for rewriting the ending of J.K. Rowlings final book
- U.S. Air Force Academy Band to perform at La Cumbre Junior High
- Upcoming budget discussions
- San Marcos High School to perform Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night this week
- San Marcos High’s Sheltered Theatre to perform The Taming of the Shrew
- No Mother to Guide Her at Santa Barbara Junior High on November 19 and 20
- Invitation from the city to a BYOB celebration of the Foodscraps Program
- Special education update, November 2010
- Superintendent Sarvis to retire at the end of the 2010-11 school year
- Invitation to Franklin School’s fitness center ribbon cutting ceremony on November 9
- Get Schooled National Bus Tour
- America Recycles Day is November 15, 2010
- New state law for vaccination against whooping cough, effective July 1, 2011
- Dos Pueblos High students meet NFL Chunky Soup commercial creator
- ICAN (Incredible Children’s Art Network) exhibit opens tonight
- Santa Barbara Junior High theatre program alums return to the Marjorie Luke Theatre for Glee at the Luke
- GATE and Advanced Learning Information Night for the elementary district on November 16
- U.S. Department of Education information on laws related to bullying
- Preliminary Report on the district’s Honors Program
- San Marcos High School choirs perform at Westmont Fall Festival
- Adelante Charter School’s Dia de los Muertos celebration is this Sunday, November 7
- Budget Q&A
- Volunteer program helps local taxpayers receive substantial refunds
- November is…
October 2010
- La Colina Junior High’s Mark Raphael recognized for high CST scores
- Get Schooled national bus tour is coming to Santa Barbara
- Wellness: FDA investigates caffeinated alcohol products
- FCMAT’s upcoming evaluation of the districts’ payroll function
- Update on the districts’ budget
- Tonight’s Open Alternative School theatre performances
- Santa Barbara Junior High’s Megan Wilson sings a stirring National Anthem
- Santa Barbara Secondary School District’s Anti-bullying and Harassment Prevention and Response Plan
- Math Honor Society at Santa Barbara High School
- Special education section on the web
- La Cuesta participates in museum’s Dia de los Muertos
- Coming in November: U.S. Air Force Academy Band to perform at La Cumbre Junior High
- GATE Testing for elementary students in grades 2-5
- Open Alternative School to host a board candidate forum on October 26
- San Marcos High School presents its first choir concert of the season tonight
- Head over to Franklin tomorrow, October 21, and participate in national “Lights On Afterschool”
- San Marcos High Band and Color Guard celebrate this season’s first band comp win
- Olympian, and San Marcos High grad, Todd Rogers speaks to school’s student athletes
- The year was 1866…
- Want to inspire young learners? McKinley is looking for college and university pennants
- Calling all GLEEKS…Last call, “Glee at the Luke” approaches sellout
- New pertussis (whooping cough) immunization requirements
- Incredible Children’s Art Network (ICAN) to showcase art by district students
- Payroll check errors, September 2010
- Dr. Cynthia White to be honored at the Anti-Defamation League’s Distinguished Community Service Award Dinner on October 24
- Students recognized at October 12 board meeting for their CST scores
- Santa Barbara High’s senior Daniel Marshall winner of NCTE writing award
- Orfalea Foundations’ s’Cool Food Initiative brings Junior Chef Day to local schools
- Dos Pueblos student’s artwork published in the Wall Street Journal
- Lights On After School: Movin’ and Groovin on Thursday, October 21
- San Marcos High’s Alexis Ireland’s paintings are on display in the Balboa Building through November
- Rotary honors special education teacher
- Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir performed with the band Foreigner on October 7
- Wellness: Information childhood obesity
- Flu season is fast approaching
- AVANCE Program comes to the districts’ Harding and McKinley schools
- La Colina Junior High to host “Sing for Your Supper”
- Amir Abo-Shaeer recognized on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Franklin’s Leslie MacDougall is the surprised recipient of OfficeMax’s “A Day Made Better” award
- Santa Barbara High’s “Evening for Athletes”
- Calling all Gleeks: “GLEE at The Luke” on November 6 to feature an evening with the show’s executive producer, co-creator, and surprise cast members
September 2010
- How does a school theatre influence student learning?
- Wellness: Food for Thought
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Travis Bower sheds light on the use of technology in the classroom
- Dos Pueblos High School Science Teacher Named 2010 MacArthur Fellow
- The root of McKinley’s student achievement is bright blue, just ask Principal Emilio Handall
- San Marcos and Dos Pueblos high schools celebrate student achievement on the Advanced Placement tests
- Board approves Unaudited Actuals Financial Report
- Santa Barbara High Dons have strong showing on Advanced Placement tests
- San Marcos stage crew service learning project benefits local church
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Board Focus Goals for 2010-11
- Pertussis epidemic in California
- Update on Dos Pueblos High School’s DASH+ winners
- Franklin Elementary School is recipient of a $100,000 award for a school fitness center
- Starting the year off right
- La Cumbre Junior High School’s ASES Teen Cuisine Program supports healthy eating with a tasty, simple recipe
- District website will be down, beginning September 19
- National Merit Scholarship Corporation announces semifinalists in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ State Preschool Programs Health Screening and Safety Fair
- Update: Crossing guards
- 58th annual Breakfast with the Authors slated for Saturday, October 9
- Presentation on the academic achievement gap in Santa Barbara County
- Constitution Day is Friday, September 17, 2010
- Dons Net Café wins national award
- Investment Matters, an update on parcel tax Measure H and Measure I
- Enrollment for the first ten days of school
- September 11, a Day of Service and Remembrance
- CalTrans message regarding two night closures of Highway 101 next week
- Tonight’s Pozole Night to benefit Jaciel Tellez memorial fund
- Matrix to be developed for facilities projects
- California Adopts Common Core State Standards
August 2010
- Back-to-School Night 2010 starts this week in the Santa Barbara Elementary School District
- Planning Guidelines for Co-curricular Activities has been updated and is now on the web
- District team benefits from training at the Sally Ride Science Academy
- U.S. Constitution Day is coming up in September
- Districts’ new director of students services to start work on September 20, 2010
- $100,000 Donation Launches DPEA Gearing Up! Capital Campaign
- Marborg Industries' support of recycling efforts at San Marcos, Dos Pueblos and Goleta Valley Junior High schools recognized
- Marborg Industries to be recognized for support of local public schools
- Egg recall does not affect the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Del Castillo to rock the house at September 5 benefit for La Cumbre Junior High
- Enrollment numbers
- Free and reduced-price meals for school year 2010-11
- San Marcos senior Ghazaleh Sailors is on her way to Venezuela as part of the 2010 USA Women’s National Baseball Team
- Harding prepares for grand opening to launch Harding University Partnership School
- Santa Barbara County Public Health urges parents to make sure their children are immunized
- An evening with Fr. Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries
- Old Spanish Days Fiesta to include school fundraising booths
July 2010
- Measure Q2010 and Measure R2010: Capital improvements of the districts’ facilities to be voted on in November
- Board votes to approve resolution in support of Robles-Wong v. California
- FCMAT review of the district’s Child Development Program
- Name Change for Santa Barbara Continuation High School, San Marcos Continuation High School and Dos Pueblos Continuation High School
- Whooping cough
- Congratulations Santa Barbara High grad Madison Taylor, National Merit Scholar
- “H20 Yeah”, a water saving public service announcement produced by Dos Pueblos High School
- Santa Barbara High Virtual Enterprise students to speak at Ashoka's Youth Venture Summit in Florida
- Groundbreaking kicks off the construction phase of the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy groundbreaking will take place this Saturday, July 10
- 2010-11 school year set to begin for the Santa Barbara Elementary School District’s two year round schools
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy groundbreaking at 4pm on July 10
- Public schools, and all other public buildings, lower flags to to half-staff in honor of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd
- Adelante Charter School authorized by the board of education to move forward
- Update: Santa Barbara School Districts’ two bond measures for the November ballot