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1:47 Since COVID-19 positivity rates are down and safety programs have been approved by the county, Santa Barbara Unified School District is ready to re-open elementary schools. The Feb. 23 board meeting for the Santa Barbara Unified School District opened with an optimistic message from Superintendent Hilda Maldonado. “Today, we learned our county’s adjusted case rate has declined to 16 per 100,000 residents and I am happy to recommend that our elementary schools reopen for in-person instruction,” Maldonado said. The School Board voted unanimously to approve hybrid in-person instruction for its elementary schools beginning March first. Families of students in grades TK through six now have the option to join hybrid in-person classes or continue with distance learning. ....
By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina | UPDATED February 17, 2021 | 8:55 p.m. Santa Barbara Unified School District teachers and staff sent a strongly worded letter Wednesday to Santa Barbara County officials asking to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. We urge Santa Barbara County decision-makers to prioritize, with immediacy, the offering of vaccines to school personnel, Karen McBride, president of the Santa Barbara Teachers Association, and Paul Rooney, president of the California School Employees Association, wrote in the letter. The letter notes the seriousness of asking teachers to return to classrooms without protection. As you are aware, SBUSD is poised to return to in-person learning for all students and staff across nine elementary schools as early as February 26 without vaccines, the letter states. This return to in-person learning will bring together, for the first time, hundreds of the 800 certifi ....
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Santa Barbara School District Touts Readiness to Re-Open, but Not All Components Are in Place The county s COVID-19 case rate must fall below 25 per 100,000 residents before schools can get the go-ahead for students to return to campus Karen McBride, president of the Santa Barbara Teachers Association, says many questions remain about a return to schools from the COVID-19 shutdown. Teachers want to be back in the classroom, she said, as long as conditions are safe. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina February 8, 2021 The race is on. The Santa Barbara Unified School District is trumpeting its readiness to re-open schools, touting its preparedness in a recent op-ed piece, and issuing press releases about the approval of its health-and-safety plan to prevent COVID-19 infections. ....