Школа Providence в Санта-Барбаре нашла постоянное место для строительства нового кампуса

New Site Found for Providence School in Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - After years of searching, the Providence School in Santa Barbara has found a site for its middle and upper level classrooms where 7th through 12th graders are taught. It is currently operating out of a leased location with portable buildings on Canon Perdido Street. It will now be a few blocks away on the 600 block of Ortega St. Previously the location was used by Girls Inc. "In October of 2021 a small group of us walked on this campus for the first time and we began dreaming what this place could become," said Interim Head of School Caroline Corazza at an assembly. It is viewed as a good fit for the school and the neighborhood. Corazza said, "we just had a vision very quickly that this campus this downtown campus was a great opportunity to continue our mission downtown and finally have a permanent home." Parents and board members who have been committed to a permanent campus project were enthusiastic about the future and their faith in the school's Christian learning values. Matt LaBrie is on the Providence School Board. He said, "we would send our kids to this school even if it was a cardboard box it doesn't matter where it is." With shovels and hard hats there were two groups of groundbreaking teams including students Abel Ortega said he will be still going to the school when the new campus opens in two to three years. In looking at the drawings he said, "it was really nice way nicer than the Canon Perdido one. Like the gates are really nice and the main entrance it was just really beautiful." Nearby is Ortega Park and Santa Barbara Junior High. Corazza said,"we saw families playing in the park, we saw the junior high across the way, there is Jiu Jitsu studio, there's all these family focused, student-serving amenities right here and we were already a block and a half away for about 14 years.” Designing a campus for the future here also includes remembering the values that has made it a blessed school since 1958. "We want students to look each other in the eye and debate topics to engage on literature,history and we think the world needs more of that," said Corazza. Fundraising continues with with about $12-million dollars left to to meet the goal of $24-million.