Teacher of the Year Press Conference Notification

To: All media
Date: April 24, 2006
Questions about press conference: Call Wendy Shelton at 964-4711, ext. 5282

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

to announce the
2007 Santa Barbara County
TEACHER OF THE YEAR

3:15 p.m., Thursday, May 4
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 “2007” 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 national 2007 Teacher of the Year.