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Santa Barbara Unified School Board Implements Layoffs and Demotions to Save Nearly $2 Million
The COO was a new position under Maldonado and actually work that she should be doing . He makes 274K not 221K. Why are cuts off limits for Maldonado, her COO and cabinet. Her bloated contract includes extras like 650.00 a month for incidentals, moving allowance not to exceed 15,000., car allowance of 650.00 monthly and mileage on top of salary which was 338K in 2022. It seems like Maldonado is running the show and no one pushes back. Why does the system protect the Superintendent and her side kicks over struggling students, over half of whom have low test scores and lack basic foundational skills like math and reading on top of going through a pandemic with learning loss. To Maldonado a cut means going without designer accessories and superficial things but for teachers, classified it's about paying rent and putting food on the table, and surviving. Vulnerable students will be the ones to pay the price by being even more ill equipped to succeed.
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
ANON - please educate yourself. These comments are ridiculous and Islamophobic. Hate usually stems from ignorance. Help yourself be better.
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
ANON - if you're going to make a wild claim like that, it's up to you to back it up. I understand that you have no source, but just come out and say that instead. And yeah, I DO watch and read the articles about this, including the interviews with student protesters and I see the videos of them peacefully protesting. I also see NO evidence of these protesters doing anything you could really consider as antisemitic, despite them being attacked as such. I also DO see the video and reports of outside, "professional" agitators saying awful, antisemitic things and threatening Jewish students and I think that is terrible. There is no place for hate here. I (and most good people) want what these students want: An end to war that has killed tens of thousands of innocent people. Now, go find your "news" source showing "most" of these protesters aren't students.
Santa Barbara Unified School Board Implements Layoffs and Demotions to Save Nearly $2 Million
Superintendent is useless, anytime any parents have any concerns or questions useless Maldonado is nowhere to be found and never returns phone calls or emails, for the last 2 years we’ve tried to get a hold of her and not a single call or email back from her!
Santa Barbara Unified School Board Implements Layoffs and Demotions to Save Nearly $2 Million
When you run out of taxpayer money tough choices have to be made. Time for all government to make tough choices.
United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County to Vacate Canon Perdido Street
Gordon Wormal, George Chelini, Donnie Yee, Neil Wright and "Doc" (wood shop/crafts instructor) and other former leaders of the boys club are likely rolling in their graves. Seeing the incompetence of this group unable to put together a program that works for all at the old club. Who owns the building and who owns the land on and around the building?
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
Are you at all capable of making an intelligent, decent, mature, non-genocidal comment? We're talking about millions of Palestinians, half of whom are children. Many of the dead and maimed are infants.
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
*I know relatives*
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
Oh, there's that turnip again. I for one am Jewish. The Holocaust (which is always capitalized; not doing so is disrespectful) happened and I relatives of survivors. And the clash between Israel and Palestinians began long before 10/7.
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
We need to provide you with a brain transplant into the currently unoccupied space.
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
You're the one making this absurd claim, so you're the one who should prove it (which you can't, as it is patently false).
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
Is that a turnip asking that question? I can't imagine anyone smarter than one asking it. They're calling for the end of the slaughter of Palestinians, including thousands upon thousands of dead and maimed children.
Santa Barbara Unified School Board Implements Layoffs and Demotions to Save Nearly $2 Million
Why can't the district institute a pay freeze for district admin making over $200K to save money? Why can't the district eliminate the COO position created during COVID? Why can't the district sell the largely useless armory property that it bought for $12 million in 2018? Is it true that district administrators who live out of town receive housing and travel stipends from district funds? Why does the district need to spend $15,000 on a consultant to put together a binder of information for the fact finding panel, and why can't district staff do that work instead? Why does the district need to spend $75,000 on a lawyer to represent them on the fact finding panel? Can't they get someone less expensive? These are all questions that the school board needs to be publicly grilling the superintendent and staff on, but they have all been silent. We need school board members who are prepared to push back on administrators, exercise oversight, and represent the public. Unfortunately, we have board members who act like they work for the superintendent, and who unanimously rubber stamp every single thing she asks for. I can't wait to vote against this cadre of cowardly, complicit clowns.
Santa Barbara Unified School Board Implements Layoffs and Demotions to Save Nearly $2 Million
This board is so out of touch. Seriously, listen to the video. One board member (Banning) actually argued in favor of more layoffs. The only remedy is for voters to chuck them out in November and elect folks who will actually represent the community. Three seats are up — that’s a majority. If they won’t solve these problems, maybe we can.
Santa Barbara Unified School Board Implements Layoffs and Demotions to Save Nearly $2 Million
This article doesn’t mention the fact that whatever raise teachers get, administrators will give themselves the same raise. The superintendent would get a raise of over $30k and her cabinet will get raises of more than $20k. The board did not ask for any cuts to be made at the district office. They also approved a consultant at $15k to make a binder for fact finding-the next phase in negotiations. The assistant superintendent of business services, who makes over &250k a year should be doing that.
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
we need to send Biden over there so that they can have an open border policy that would be way better
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
can you provide a source that they are students? don't you watch the media and look at the people they're just a bunch of violent vagrants( some illegeally here) are hopping from City to City. Supply Tents that offer Supplies for Portland San Francisco Venice beach resurrection. look carefully at the pictures and it's the same partial group from UCLA that got booted out or arrested
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
if they're not calling for forgiving and forgetting what do you call it?
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
you're one of those people that didn't take the holocaust happened l?
UC Santa Barbara Students Set up Camp to Peacefully Protest the War in Gaza
innocent yeah right