Santa Barbara Unified School District

Santa Barbara Unified School District
Location
Santa Barbara
Goleta
United States
District information
Type Public
Established June 6, 1866[1]
Budget US$19,397,597 (2010)[2]
Students and staff
Students 14,335[3]
Teachers 775[4]
Other information
Teachers' unions Santa Barbara Teachers Association
California Teachers Association
Website www.sbsdk12.org

The Santa Barbara Unified School District is the main public school district that serves Santa Barbara and Goleta, California. On January 12, 2011, the board of education unanimously approved a resolution to reorganize the Santa Barbara Elementary and Secondary School Districts into a single unified school district. The changeover began, July 1, 2011.[5]

Because the state provides a fiscal incentive for school district that unify, unification will result in $6 million of ongoing revenue the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

History

In 2007, there was a 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 complement the area's high (and growing) cost of living. The district asserts that it simply does not have the money to pay them.[6]The dispute has been resolved, with the district giving teachers a 9% raise over three years.

Schools

Elementary schools

Secondary schools

References

  1. ↑ "News - Tuesday, October 19, 2010". Santa Barbara School Districts. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "2010-11 Combined Districts Budget" (PDF). Santa Barbara School Districts. 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Santa Barbara School District Benefits, Salaries Below Average, Noozhawk Review Finds". Noozhawk. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Contrary to Perception, Santa Barbara School District Not Top Heavy with Salaries, Staff". Noozhawk. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "http://www.sbsdk12.org/news/2011/07/01namechange.shtml School district’s name change goes into effect>
  6. ↑ "Santa Barbara Teacher Contract Talks Break Down". KEYT Santa Barbara. KEYT. Retrieved 2007-02-18.

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