Lompoc schools recently received 13 seedling windmills from Primo Energy, kickstarting districtwide studies in renewable energy for grades 4 to 12. According to Deputy Superintendent Bree Valla, each unit comes with lesson plans that are unique to each grade level.
On Tuesday, the Santa Maria high school district board agreed to cease production of any new representations of its ship logo on business cards, mastheads, or other district supplies that have traditionally featured the image, and tasked Superintendent Antonio Garcia with creating a timeline and plan for the development of a new logo.
Substitute teachers within the Lompoc Unified School District will continue receiving an extra $50 COVID bonus each day for their services, according to school board officials who met on September 7 and agreed to maintain the increase established in October of 2020 due to the extra challenges caused by the pandemic.Â
When Farm Day rolls around Saturday, residents of the Santa Maria Valley will be able to take a free self-guided tour of local farms to see how their vegetables, fruits and berries are grown, beef cattle are raised and fine wine is made.
A former Santa Maria High School football player who went on to become a football coach at the school has died, a spokesman for the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District said.
To walk into the same classroom where, in 2019, I first found out about the COVID-19 virus was an out-of-body experience.
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Graciliano Sanchez helped the Bulldogs to wins over West LA and Bakersfield last week. She finished the week with two goals, an assist and six shots on goal.Â
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