Santa Barbara School Districts
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The Santa Barbara School Districts is the main public school district that serves Santa Barbara, California. Its high school system serves Goleta as well. The district consists of one administrative system and school board (which would technically make it one district) wrapped around two different elementary and secondary "districts" which have different tax bases. The high school district receives money based on the population of Goleta and Santa Barbara while the elementary district only receives money from the Santa Barbara area.
Other local districts include the Goleta Union School District and the Hope School District. Both of these districts only contain elementary schools.
Recently, there has been dispute between the local teachers' union (Santa Barbara Teachers Association) and the school board over salary and benefits. The Association wants the district to give teachers a 6.5% pay raise and additional benefits to better compliment the area's high (and growing) cost of living. The district asserts that it simply does not have the money to pay them.[1]As of March 5, 2007, it appears the dispute has been resolved, with the district giving teachers a 9% raise over three years.[2]
