Politics
By Iris Heckes Ballots are going out nationwide for the Nov. 3 midterm elections, and local races are picking up. Two of the five seats on the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) board are up for election. SBUSD’s Student Board Member Victoria Martinez Penaranda and Future Leaders of
Education
By Andrew Sheshunoff On Thursday, Sept. 24, the school board dais chairs were empty. The floor, usually lined with rows of chairs for public seating, now looked like a classroom on group project day. Desks with placards were arranged into four 8-to-10-person focus groups: board policy, academic
Local News
By Andrew Sheshunoff The meeting began at 6:08 p.m on Tuesday September 15th. A mosaic with SB Unified’s mission statement: “We prepare students for a world that is yet to be created,” sat inlaid in the wall behind the board members. Board President William Banning thanked the