2026
CNS CANDIDATE FORUM
2020 & 2022
CNS CANDIDATES' FORUMS
“Parents in Santa Barbara have options, that’s great… but at CNS we believe the neighborhood school is the best option for the vast majority of children.”
- Alice Post CNS
Gold Star Candidates
"Absolutely we should have neighborhood schools."
WENDY SIMS MOTEN
Re-Elected 2020, SBUSD
“If you could walk… it would be beneficial for the parents”
“I know what it’s like to take the bus, it takes a long time”
EFIGENIA BANALES
Candidate 2022, SBUSD
Trustee Area 2
Additional candidates...
Walking to school all the benefits are there.
LAURA CAPPS
Re-Elected 2020, SBUSD
Philosophically I’m very supportive of neighborhood schools…logistically it’s very tough.
GABE ESCOBIDO
Elected 2022, SBUSD Trustee Area 2
I used to walk to McKinley School many years ago. The consideration for me would include a complete fiscal analysis.
VIRGINIA ALVAREZ
Elected 2020, SBUSD
It’s great for the environment. We should make it a goal.
MONIE DEWITT
Candidate 2022, SBUSD
It’s so important…you increase neighborhood cohesion and community.
EMILY ZACARIAS
Elected 2022, GUSD Trustee Area 3
Neighborhood schools foster a sense of belonging.
RICHARD MAYER
Re-Elected 2022, GUSD Trustee Area 1
Co-Sponsors 2022
2022
2020
Here is the Youtube Link (complete):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VVhDe0ovE
Coalition for Neighborhood Schools Hosted a Candidates forum on Zoom
Moderators: Jerry Roberts of Newsmakers.
and Lanny Ebenstein, former president, SBUSD
Here is the Youtube Link (complete):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7SkKewG4Xg
Coalition for Neighborhood Schools Hosted a Candidates forum on Zoom
Moderator: Lanny Ebenstein, former president, SBUSD