OUR COMMUNITY
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HIGHER LEVELS OF
Transparency
Educational Outcomes
Safety
Leadership
This is my campaign video from my 2022 Superintendent campaign. The reasons for running for SB County Board of Education are the same.
Why I Am Running
Hi, Santa Barbara County!
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I’m running because I have a deep understanding of the state of our local schools and a passion to serve and guide upward progress.
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We have plenty of funding but as recently as 2022, no student in the county’s own school was proficient in either English or Math. Zero. So what is the problem?
The SB County Board of Education has a $100 million dollar budget and oversees $1,000,000,000 in Local districts’ spending, including LCAP funds.This is enough funding to generate excellent outcomes!
Families can be empowered and supported, there is hope! Parents, teachers, and the community deserve transparency, accountability, and a voice at the table.
We must focus on positive and successful educational outcomes.
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A Few Proud Moments During My
20 year Teaching and Coaching Career
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My Teaching Method is called “Mining for Gold”
The beauty of watching a student grow is special because it happens through confidence and finding their own identity. It doesn’t take a lot of money. What it does take is commitment, patience, and resilience. My students achieved self-esteem and resilience through my programs.
I was fortunate to be able build tailored fitness and sports programs at every school I served. My programs were very structured, rigorous, age-appropriate, rewarding, and required students to monitor their own progress using fitness and running cards so they could see their progress. This was an important element because it helped students be part of their own learning and inspired them to work hard.
During my career, I personally witnessed incredible strides in emotional and athletic skills. I have had runners that exponentially increased their running capacity. One memorable student, Felix, reached a 100-mile goal in first grade! He will probably be in the olympics one day.
Spencer was in first grade and could barely make three laps (six was a mile). The next year was equally challening, but we worked on a plan that he could handle. In 3rd grade, it happened. He came to me and said “Coach, I am going to do my best mile ever,” and he proceeded to run his fastest mile. I was proud of Spencer and acknoweldged his hard work by awarding him in PE. By helping him see that his goals were attainable, through hard work, he succeeded.
Most recently, my student Melody, suceeded in running 38 laps in 40 minutes a total of 3.25 miles or a 5k! When she began the running program she didn’t like to run and didn’t consider herself athletic, but she reached deep inside, found her gold, and reached her goal. The smile on her face was priceless. Melody had slayed her Goliath!
Like I said. My programs don’t take a lot of money. They take heart. We have below 50% proficiency in reading and 30% in math in Santa Barbara County Schools, despite our very large budget. We need leaders that will channel the money into the students for reading and math labs, and stop funding the admin. We need leaders who understand the process of learning and how to engage the learner. We need a leader that inspires students to find the gold within themselves. Success is mental and emotional. We need to cultivate that part of our youth.
I am – and will be – that kind of leader. Please vote Christy Lozano for County Board of Education TA2
Join me in helping to build a solid and diverse educational foundation for every student, a life-long love of learning, and a well of meaningful knowledge to sustain and draw from for the rest of their lives.​
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Together, we can refocus our county school
leadership back on the right track!
About Christy
Teaching in Santa Barbara has been Christy’s passion, love, and career for the last 20 years. During her tenure she has been a Physical Education teacher, Leadership teacher, Department Chair, Union Representative, Teacher-In-Charge, Head Coach of the Girls Soccer Program, a trained LCI Bicycle Instructor, and advocate for our youth.
She taught 9 years at the High School level (Dos Pueblos and San Marcos), 4 years at the Junior High level (La Cumbre and Santa Barbara Junior High), and 6 years at the Elementary level (McKinley and Cleveland) and 1 year private school K-8. She taught all grade levels and especially loves teaching Elementary School. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Kinesiology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a Master's Degree in Art with an emphasis in Educational Leadership and an Administrative Services Credential from Cal Lutheran University. She loves seeing students learn - it is her passion.
As a mother of a teenage daughter, Christy knows that relationships are the foundation to making profound and lasting positive change within our society.
Christy is also a United States Air Force Veteran and proudly served our country in wartime during the events of 9/11 where she served domestically at LAX and overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of a Medical Evacuation Squadron.
Christy's Vision
The Goal
The Goal
Each child is precious.
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Each child has a unique mix of talents and aspirations.
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Parents, teachers, and the community must work together to create schools where the joy of discovery is never lost. If we do this, the children in our care will develop, mentally and physically, into young people with the tools, gifts, and a sense of who they are and how they can contribute and confidently begin the journey to adult life.
Current Obstacles
Despite the State of California continuously reducing what it expects of students in literacy, math, and science, more than half of the students in Santa Barbara County schools fail to meet even those low standards.
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Along with this failure to teach basic academic skills, the school districts provide abundant material on sexuality and political activism. It encourages teachers to bring this material into every lesson, at every grade level. What’s more, it does not provide this material for parents to see. It is posted on a password-protected website for the teachers use only. See more here: https://youtu.be/5WZ4JLQ0WnA?si=5a1PPYIM0oh0hu89
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The county schools budgets total over a billion dollars. You won’t easily discover the county’s own budget or vendors on the county board of education's website. Why aren't spending priorities on the education of our children not being provided to us?
Christy's Solutions
Christy Lozano has twenty years of experience as a teacher in Santa Barbara County schools, teaching every grade from elementary to high school, public and private. She knows that a bond of trust between parents, teachers, and community is the foundation of every good school. That trust is built on open communication, agreement on goals, agreement on how to reach those goals, and working together in a dynamic way for student success.
Transparency
​Making all curriculum easily available to parents. Everything taught in the classroom will be accessible to every parent, anytime.
Educational Outcomes
Teaching methods will be judged by outcomes. Schools that are leading the way, like Santa Barbara’s Franklin School, will be models. Schools with high deficiency, like the County Board of Education’s own school, will be restructured for success. Return money back to the classroom, where it can do the most good. Expand educational opportunities in the arts, music, sports, STEM, etc. Because of some of the longest COVID school closures in the nation, we have a lot of ground to make up.
Safety
​Schools must be safe for students, teachers, and staff. We must bring reasonable approaches to managing schools and classrooms, we can not ignore disruption, chaos, or violence. Christy will bring both restorative methods and, when necessary, law enforcement to make all our schools safe and secure.
Non-Partisanship
Students need to learn from a whole child approach...reading, writing, math, science, physical education, music, art, and health. Teachers will no longer be asked to bring sexuality and politics into their daily lessons. Christy will focus on the traditional academic skills that will help students succeed in life.
Engaged Leadership
​Christy knows that leadership means, first, listening—to parents, teachers, staff, and the whole community. She will work tirelessly to make sure that our schools serve the students’ best interests. She will help bring parents, teachers, and the community together on one of the most important jobs we have—making sure that the children who are our future, will, by the end of their schooling, have the knowledge and the character to be productive citizens and leaders.
