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Back to school Santa Barbara County elementary schools allowed to submit waivers for in-person education By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Santa Barbara County elementary schools will be able to submit waivers starting Friday for in-person learning. This was reported to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors by Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso and public health officer Dr. Henning Ansorg during the board’s Tuesday meeting. Over the 14 days between July 25 to Aug. 17, Santa Barbara’s case rate per 100,000 residents dropped from 213 to 159, according to Dr. Do-Reynoso. The California Department of Public Health recommends that counties not allow
schools to extend waivers allowing for inperson education until their case rate drops below 200 per 100,000 residents. The county is in the process of finalizing waiver applications for students grades TK to 6 and setting up an email account where schools can send waivers, according to Dr. Ansorg. Please see schools on A2
SB Unified kicks off 2020-21 school year with distance learning
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More than a dozen people gathered Tuesday afternoon to hear Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, address the recent issues surrounding the post office.
Mail boxes replaced at Goleta post office By JORGE MERCADO NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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David Abel, industrial technology teacher at La Cumbre Junior High, told the News-Press he feels as if it’s his first year teaching due to all of the new challenges and teaching methods. The tables were vacant inside Mr. Abel’s classroom as the school began the year with distance learning.
By BRIAN MACKLEY
Last week, the drive-through mail boxes outside the United States Postal Service office on Patterson Avenue in Goleta were removed without any notice given to the city or the public. By Monday, they were placed back in their original location and Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, spoke about the matter in front of the post office on Tuesday. “As one of our oldest and most reliable institutions, the Postal Service touches the lives of millions of Americans, every single day… The mailboxes have now been replaced and the United States Postal Service has indicated that they will no longer be removing mailboxes for 90 days,” Rep. Carbajal said. He added that Tuesday morning, he received notice from the postmaster general saying that he is suspending proposed service changes until after the presidential election on Nov. 3. “I will continue to inquire with regional post officials to get to the full picture about operational Please see MAIL BOXES on A3
The U.S. Postal Service drivethrough mailboxes were returned to their original location Monday after being removed last week without notice.
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Students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District began their 2020-2021 school year via distance learning on Tuesday. Per state order, school districts within counties under the state’s COVID-19 watch list must remain off the list for at least 14 days before applying to begin the transition to in-person learning. “We’re not gonna let Zoom prevent us from delivering the quality of education as we can during the day,” Bradley Brock, principal of La Cumbre Junior High School, told the News-Press. After his first year as principal ended with a global pandemic and education challenges never seen before, Mr. Brock said the challenge this year is the same as last year -- to ensure all students are safe and provided with a quality education regardless of their demographics or situation. One way the school is doing this is by offering free social-distanced Please see DISTANCE on A3
Goleta council approves more outdoor services By JORGE MERCADO NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Seventh grader Lalo Garcia-Bulfeda, 12, was in the classroom on his first day of virtual school at La Cumbre Junior High School.
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The Goleta City Council voted Tuesday to temporarily allow additional personal care services to operate outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution for additional outdoor services was part of the council’s consent agenda. The council unanimously adopted the resolution, along with other consent items, with no further discussion. The vote amended the previously adopted emergency order for restaurant dining and other uses program, which allowed restaurants, retail businesses, fitness classes and faith-based gatherings to
temporarily operate in open-air spaces and parking lots. With Tuesday’s vote, the order now applies to hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, massage parlors and tattoo parlors. All businesses listed in the order must keep indoor operations closed and follow all social distancing measures while operating outside. All employees and patrons must also wear face coverings, the boundary of the outdoor dining must not exceed four feet in height and all fire hydrants must remain unobstructed. If a business violates program conditions, its temporary use area expansion permit can be Please see goleta on A2
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