Here, students work independently at home and come in weekly for a consultation with our teaching staff. Students and staff correct work during this session and additional work is assigned for the next week. Bobbie Plough is the principal of Montecito High. There is a counselor who assists students four days a week by providing them with individual and group counseling. The Montecito High School staff is composed of eight full time teachers.
All teachers instruct in their assigned credential areas, although two teach in related fields.
There are two instructional aides, one library clerk and one school custodian. In the Future Bound Independent Study program, there are two full time teachers and a clerk. 102 substitute teachers are available when needed. As of October 1999 at Montecito High School, there were 150 students enrolled. In 1998-99, Montecito served 259 students.