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that serves Santa Barbara and

Goleta, California Goleta ( ; ; Spanish for "schooner") is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated populated area in the county. As of the 200 ...

. 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. 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

First attempts at creating public schools began in Santa Barbara after the founding of the Presidio in the 1790s, with mixed success. But as Robert Christian wrote in his thesis on the history of the district, "...on June 6, 1866, the Santa Barbara School District was formed. The schools were no longer administered by the County Superintendent, but in complete control of the electorate of the city. In 1866, Alpheus B. Thompson, County Superintendent reported that there were three school districts in the County: San Buenaventura, Montecito, and Santa Barbara. The census showed that there were 1,243 children between the ages of five and fifteen residing in the County, with only 325 pupils enrolled in schools, plus forty-one enrolled in private schools. Each district had two schools, with the length of the school year varying from three to five months. The teachers’ salaries varied from $30 to $50 per month, with the Santa Barbara district paying a total of $1,165.25."

Schools

Elementary schools

*Adams Elementary School *Adelante Charter School *Cleveland Elementary School *Franklin Elementary School *Harding University Partnership School *McKinley Elementary School *Monroe Elementary School *Peabody Charter School *Roosevelt Elementary School *Santa Barbara Charter School *Santa Barbara Community Academy *Washington Elementary School

Junior high schools

* Goleta Valley Junior High School *La Colina Junior High School *La Cumbre Junior High School * Santa Barbara Junior High School

High schools

*Alta Vista Alternative High School * Dos Pueblos High School *La Cuesta Continuation High School * San Marcos High School *

Santa Barbara High School Santa Barbara Senior High School, "Home of the Dons," is situated on a sprawling campus in Santa Barbara, California in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. Among the oldest high schools in California and one of five high schools in the Di ...

References

External links

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Marjorie Luke Theatre Website
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