Santa Maria-Bonita School District

In order to abide by social distancing protocols and ensure the health of our staff members, Board Members and community, the Wednesday, April 8th, 2020, SMBSD regular School Board Meeting will be held electronically. Click the "read more" button for details. Board Members and staff will meet remotely through a live, on-line format. If you would like to watch the meeting, you should click   HERE  shortly before 6 p. m. on April 8. If you would like to submit a comment to be read aloud by a staff member at the meeting, please click this   LINK   for a submission form and complete it before 3 p. m. on Wednesday, April 8.  

Teachers, principals and other employees from SMBSD schools are reading books aloud and posting the videos on line. Mrs. Crane, the principal at Rice School, even reads with some alpacas! You can click  HERE   to find several videos your children can watch. Keep checking back for more books being posted there every week. ¿Quiere escuchar algunas historias en español? The Spanish Experiment tiene algunos!  CLICK HERE

Free meals for any child 18 years old or younger are available at 7 SMBSD schools from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.  each weekday. The schools are: Arellanes Elementary – 1890 Sandalwood Dr. , El Camino Junior High School - 219 W El Camino St. Fairlawn Elementary – 120 North Mary Dr. Jimenez Elementary – 1970 Biscayne St. Miller Elementary - 410 Camino Colegio St. Rice Elementary - 700 E. Vickie Ave. Tunnell Elementary - 1248 E Dena Way Additionally, meals will be distributed at: Santa Maria High School, 901 South Broadway and Pioneer Valley High School, 675 Panther Drive Each school will have a slightly different distribution format due to the location of the school's parking lots, sidewalks and streets. Families should pay attention to, and follow the direction of, the SMBSD staff members at each school so that the meal distribution can run smoothly and safely. We are asking families to please remember to practice social distancing, especially in any lines. The priority for school district staff is to make sure children receive meals. Parents and other adults should be responsible for maintaining their own social distance while in line.

This is not an endorsement of Comcast's Internet service. However, we want to provide this information to the families of SMBSD. The distance teaching and learning that teachers are doing now with their students requires a computer or Chromebook with Internet service (wifi). Here is a flyer in English and Spanish. Please contact Comcast for more information. The phone numbers are on the flyers.

Parents, guardians or other family members, if you need technical support with the Chromebook your child received from their school, please call 805-361-8155 Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a. m. - 2:30 p. m. for tri-lingual help (English/Spanish/Mixteco).  If your child or children have not yet checked out a Chromebook from their school, the school district will call you this week regarding when and where to obtain a Chromebook for your child or children.

Schools will continue to be closed, but parents and staff members can call the main school office phone numbers which will be answered Monday through Friday in the mornings and available to leave messages in the afternoons. Please click "read more" to see the list of numbers in Spanish.