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Santa Barbara is full of ownership opportunities, albeit expensive. In contrast, we need rental units, which are the focus of state legislation applied here and elsewhere. ADUs address rental housing needs in Santa Barbara, not homeownership as the commentary suggests.
Richard Closson
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I want to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of you who wrote to the Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Trustees and spoke on the Thoreau Community School’s behalf on Feb. 23. From the number of attendees at the board meeting alone, we know that the Santa Barbara community is eager for our school.
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In response to the questions about the demographics, the Thoreau proponents responded: It is the intention of this petition to serve a similar proportional demographic as exists in the SBUSD. While it is clear that professional, middle-class and predominantly Caucasian families are eager to educate their children in more progressive, learner-centered learning environments, it is harder to attract families who have no experience with such environments. To remedy this, we will have a lottery approach with weighted criteria.
The district also questioned how the curriculum would motivate students to learn outdoors.
Thoreau said the teachers would be instrumental in encouraging students to continually learn tasks.