Teacher of the year gets pink slip

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If Ron Zell had a chance to go back in time and decide not to become a teacher, he wouldn't take it.

The 20-year educator, who was Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year in 2007, feels that way even though he was tentatively laid off last week along with five other teachers in the Buellton Union School District.

Some or all of those six teachers could be re-hired for next school year if the district has enough money. That will depend largely on whether California voters approve a set of revenue-raising measures on a special election ballot in May.

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