Tuesday, May 5, 2015

2016 Santa Barbara County TEACHER OF THE YEAR announcement

News release

Press conference convened by Bill Cirone,
Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools

to announce the 

2016 Santa Barbara County TEACHER OF THE YEAR

TIME CERTAIN,  2:05 p.m., Thursday, May 14
Board Room, Santa Barbara County Education Office, 
4400 Cathedral Oaks Road, Santa Barbara

The announcement will take place at the monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Education. Following the announcement, media members will be able to pose questions to the Teacher of the Year and conduct individual interviews as requested.


Background information about the teacher will be provided at the press conference. We will be unable to release the name prior to the Thursday afternoon announcement.


The designation is for “2016” because this teacher will be the county’s representative to compete for the state Teacher of the Year, and then proceed to compete for the title of the 2016 national Teacher of the Year.