The Santa Barbara School Districts is the main public school district

School district

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 that serves Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

. Its high school system serves Goleta

Goleta, California

Goleta is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated, populated area in the county. As of the 2000 census, the Census-designated place had a total population of 55,204, however, a significant...

 as well. The district consists of one administrative system and school board (which would technically make it one district) wrapped around two different elementary

Elementary school

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 and secondary

Secondary school

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 "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

Goleta Union School District

Goleta Union School District is a school district serving the Goleta valley, a suburban community of 80,000 people which includes the newly formed City of Goleta and a large unincorporated area. The valley lies between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, adjacent to Santa Barbara,...

 and the Hope School District. Both of these districts contain only elementary schools.

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.The dispute has been resolved, with the district giving teachers a 9% raise over three years.

Elementary schools

• Adams
• César Chávez Charter
• Franklin
• Harding
• McKinley
• Monroe
• Open Alternative
• Peabody Charter
• Roosevelt
• Santa Barbara Charter School
• Washington

Secondary schools

• Goleta Valley Junior High School
  Goleta Valley Junior High
  Goleta Valley Junior High School is a junior high school in Goleta, California, just northwest of Santa Barbara, California. Located in the Goleta Valley foothills. With a student body of about 820 students in grades 7th and 8th, Goleta Valley J.H. employs about thirty five teachers as part of the...
  
  
• La Colina JHS
• La Cumbre JHS
• Santa Barbara JHS
• Dos Pueblos HS
• La Cuesta CHS
• San Marcos HS
• Santa Barbara HS
  Santa Barbara High School
  Santa Barbara High School, "Home of the Dons," is situated on a beautiful campus in, Santa Barbara, California and is part of the Santa Barbara School Districts. One of the oldest high schools in California, it was established in 1875, and moved to its current site in 1924...
  
  

External links

• Marjorie Luke Theatre Website