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Students, staff at some South Coast schools going to be breathing a bit easier

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The Santa Barbara Unified School District received more than a million dollars to upgrade ventilation, air conditioning, and heating systems.

State grant will allow upgrades to ventilation, heating and cooling systems

Kids, and staff members could have some better learning conditions at some South Coast schools, thanks to a major state grant.

The Santa Barbara Unified School District received more than $1.5 million from the California Energy Commission to upgrade ventilation, air conditioning, and heating systems at more than a dozen schools.

The money will be used to repair existing systems, and develop plans for replacing others.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.