Two Young Candidates Seek Laura Capps’s Vacant Seat on Santa Barbara School Board
Krystle Farmer Sieghart Pushes for ‘Equity Plans for Every School’ While Julian Sarafian Looks to Make District ‘More Efficient, Transparent, and Connected’
It’s a troubled time to be entering Santa Barbara’s playground of public education. Whoever fills Laura Capps’s recently vacated seat on the Board of Education for the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) will need to be prepared for the pressure.
Capps resigned from the position after being elected as the county’s 2nd District supervisor. Now that Capps has been sworn into her new role, the SBUSD Board of Trustees is looking for a provisional appointee, from the district at large, to keep her seat warm until her remaining term on the board comes to an end in November 2024.
Applications to fill the open position will be accepted until December 16, and the school board will have final deliberations and make an appointment by January.
