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Administration Overview

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Superintendent

  • J. Brian Sarvis, Ed.D.
  • Superintendent
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 201
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of the Superintendent

Key areas:

  • Board of Education
  • District Oversight
  • Communication of the Districts’ Goals, Objectives, and Progress with Staff, Community, and the Media
  • Educational Strategies
  • Compliance with State and Federal Regulations and Laws
  • Oversight of Instructional Leadership, Pupil Services, Personnel, and Business Services
  • Major District Initiatives

Administrative Services and Communications

  • Barbara Keyani
  • Coordinator of Administrative Services and Communications
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 206
  • e-mail

California Public Records Act. Requests for copies of records under the California Public Records Act need to be in writing and either mailed to the Santa Barbara School Districts (720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Attention: Barbara Keyani) or hand delivered. California Public Records Act requests may also be transmitted to the school district by fax, 805.962.3146, although that method is less reliable than mail or hand delivery. We do not accept California Public Record Act requests via e-mail because e-mail transmission of messages can be unreliable.

Essential Responsibilities of Administrative Services and Communications

Key areas in Administrative Services and Communications:

  • Assistant to the Superintendent
  • Board Policies and Administrative Regulations
  • Bond News
  • Community Relations
  • Coordination of Staff Trainings
  • Diversity
  • Donations
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Event Planning
  • Graphic Design
  • Mailings
  • Outreach Materials
  • Press Releases and Media Relations
  • Public Information
  • Public Records Act Requests
  • Web Site

Business Services

  • Eric Smith
  • Deputy Superintendent for Business and Non-Instructional Operations
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 222
  • e-mail
  • Meg Jetté
  • Director of Fiscal Services
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 230
  • e-mail
  • Nancy Weiss
  • Director of Nutrition Services
  • (805) 963-4338 extension 387
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Business Services

Key areas in Business Services:

  • Budget Management
  • Contracts Management
  • Employee Negotiations
  • Financial Forecasting and Analysis
  • Fiscal Operations
  • Internal Audits
  • Nutrition Services
  • Purchasing
  • Real Property Acquisition
  • Risk Management
  • Warehouse

Curriculum and Categorical Programs

  • Dr. Cynthia White
  • Director of Curriculum and Categorical Programs
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 221
  • e-mail
Essential Responsibilities of Curriculum and Categorical Programs

Key areas in Curriculum and Categorical Programs:

  • Local Education Agency plans
  • Career Technical Education
  • Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
  • Work Experience Education
  • Textbook Adoptions
  • Title II Professional Development
  • Pyramid of Interventions for At-risk Students
  • Read 180 Implementation

Education (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten – 12)

  • Robin Sawaske
  • Associate Superintendent of Education
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 210
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Education

 

Key areas in Education:

  • Academic Performance, Adequate Yearly Progress, and School Accountability
  • After School Programs (K-8)
  • Athletics (9-12)
  • Budget
  • Child Development Preschool Programs
  • Community Outreach
  • Content Standards
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • Expulsions and Truancy
  • Facilities
  • Gifted and Talented Education
  • High School Continuation Programs
  • Higher Education Collaboration
  • Independent Study and Home School Programs
  • Intervention and Support Programs
  • Program Evaluation
  • Staff Development
  • Student Assessment
  • Student Support Services
  • Summer School
  • Vocation Education (9-12)

Facilities and Operations

  • David Hetyonk
  • Director of Facilities and Operations
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 222
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Facilities and Operations

Key areas in Facilities and Operations:

  • Accessibility and Paths of Travel
  • Capital Fund Projects
  • Civic Center Use of Sites
  • Code Complaince
  • Construction Management
  • Developer Fees
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Facilities Master Plan
  • Facility Planning
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Joint Use Agreements
  • Labor Compliance
  • Maintenance
  • Storm Water Management

Personnel: Certificated and Classified Employees

  • Dr. Kristine Robertson
  • Director of Personnel
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 240
  • e-mail
  • Elaine Alvarado
  • Coordinator of Classified Personnel
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 240
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Personnel

Key areas in Personnel:

  • Credential Monitoring
  • Discipline and Grievance Issues
  • Employment
  • Health and Welfare
  • Labor Negotiations
  • OSHA Compliance
  • Personnel Data
  • Professional Development
  • Salary Compensation
  • Workers’ Compensation

Research, Evaluation, and Technology

  • Davis Hayden, Ph.D.
  • Director of Research, Evaluation and Technology
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 265
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Research, Evaluation and Technology

Key areas in Research, Evaluation and Technology:

  • Academic Performance Index (API) and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), and School Accountability
  • Program Evaluation
  • State Testing Programs
  • Computer Technology
  • Information Technology Services

Special Education

  • Tom Guajardo
  • Executive Director of Special Education
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 254
  • e-mail
  • Dr. Kerri Mills
  • Director of Special Education
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 246
  • e-mail
  • Dr. Michele Britton Bass
  • Director of Special Education
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 248
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Special Education

Key areas in Special Education:

  • Students with Disabilities
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Home Hospital
  • Individualized Education Programs
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Section 504
  • Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)

Student Services and Compliance

  • Michael Gonzalez
  • Director of Student Services and Compliance
  • (805) 963-4338, extension 258
  • e-mail

Essential Responsibilities of Student Services and Compliance

Key areas in Student Services and Compliance:

  • Administrative Hearing Panel
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  • Comite
  • English Learners
  • Foster Youth Educational Liaison
  • Monitoring for Results
  • Safe School Plan
  • Sections 504 and 604