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Four teachers at Los Olivos Elementary School could receive pink slips and the drama, music and sports programs could be eliminated at a special school board meeting tonight as the district decides how to cut an estimated $200,000 from its budget.
The alternative is to find new sources of funding, Superintendent Marsha Filbin said.
“We don’t want to cut any teacher or program, but there simply just isn’t the money to keep them if we don’t get help from the parents or the community,” Filbin said.
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Karen Palmer hopes the board game she created will help children and parents understand the importance of environmental education and be used as a tool for teachers to increase science test scores.
“Education is the missing link between the condition of the world, because environmental education has been de-valued until recently. When you explain how to recycle and ways it helps the Earth, children get inspired to help,” she said.
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With its beautiful hilly terrain and ideal climate, the Santa Ynez Valley has been the local playground for world class cyclists, marathoners and tourists looking for a scenic venue to train and explore.
And now the Santa Ynez Valley, which has hosted the likes of Lance Armstrong and the prestigious Tour of California, has a club of its own for local cyclists, runners and swimmers. Since January, the Solvang Triathlon Club has been a training and educational group where athletes at all levels can meet, learn and enjoy every aspect of the sport.
For club president and co-founder Jesse Leyva, the creation of the club was a labor of love from the start.
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Golden West Winds Woodwind Quintet to give free concert
The Golden West Winds Woodwind Quintet will give a free concert at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 13, in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St.
The Golden West Winds is the resident woodwind quintet of the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West.
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