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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
School board approves agreement regarding school crossing guards for the next three years
Last year, the Santa Barbara Police Department notified the district that due to the city’s budget crisis it would not be able to provide funding for nor operate a school crossing guards program for the 2009-10 school year. In August of last year, the board decided to fund the program for this school year until a longer-term solution could be found. Now after significant public input on the issue—both at board of education and at City Council meetings—a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been reached. Under the terms of the MOU the police department will continue to operate the program and the city and the districts will share the cost of the program equally. The MOU will be in force for the 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 school years.