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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
K watch and INSIDE OUSD
eLECTION Watch
a news service of Orange Net News /O/N/N/
Percentages
remain unchanged on Tuesday
K watch
With only a little over 28,700
ballots from all over Orange
County
Provisional ballots left to count
number 26,000, with vote-by-mail ballots dropped off at the polls numbering 2356. Just
over 300 paper ballots remain to be counted.
TUESDAY 11/10 POSTED VOTE TOTALS
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ORANGE Unified Schools INSIDE
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After
student hit-and-run tragedy and Measure K's defeat
OUSD
Board to meet on November 13th
After
an emotional two weeks for the Greater Orange Communities, the Orange Unified
School Board will meet for a regular Board Meeting on Thursday November 13,
2014.
The
small agenda with routine housekeeping items can be seen here:
At
the October 16, 2014 Orange School Board meeting, Trustees continued to argue
about ethics revolving around the Measure K and possible future real estate
transactions. Trustees Diane Singer and Timothy Surridge exchanged a flurry of accusations. Singer, who
had no opponent, so was not on the ballot and Surridge who was on the ballot
argued over ethical and political motives in the days leading up to the election.
Two
weeks later, Orange Unified and the Greater Orange Communities would be dealing
with the enormous tragedy of three OUSD students being killed in a Halloween
night hit-and-run in front of OUSD's Fairhaven School
Then
on November 4, after the voting, a close election created a week of slow
returns with Measure K supporters and detractors watching the painfully close
tabulations as the third OUSD Bond appeared to be defeated by just a few
hundred votes.
As
it turned out, all of the back-and-forth arguing from the October 16 Board meeting
proved to be mute with election results that saw all of the incumbents easily
elected and Measure K barely defeated.
The
third defeat for an OUSD Bond measure once again by a few hundred votes has
many in Greater Orange looking for creative solutions t repair the aging
schools. On November 9th Orange Net News reported that facilities improvement
districts were being discussed as a possible solution to addressing critical
update needs for some of OUSD schools. On November 11th, an article in The Orange County Register reported OUSD
Superintendent Michael Christensen as saying :
"he was asked after the election
by some community members about school facilities improvement districts, which
he said he is looking into".
In
the same article (see link below) re-elected Orange Mayor Tita Smith stated she
wanted to work with the district toward getting schools updated and suggested
some type of public-private partnership.
The
path forward on the split Board will not be easy. As seen on October 16th, the
current OUSD Board is as deeply divided as Washington D.C.
Many
community members are beginning to see a united OUSD Board as a key to dealing
with the needed facilities problems. Trustee Surridge made the case at the
October 16th meeting stating that conservatives are needed to make the case for
facility improvements with other conservatives. However, over the last four years as the Board
majority with a lock on all the leadership roles the self-identified conservatives
have not been able to unite the Board over any meaningful policy initiatives.
At
the December 11th OUSD Board Meeting both sides have another chance to get all
views represented on the Board leadership for 2015 to address long term priorities.
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ON Orange County Register
CLOSED SESSION NOTE 6:30 pm
OUSD Regular Session: 7:00
pm
For the AGENDA-
For more information call the OUSD
Superintendent’s office at 714-628-4040
For budgeting questions call Business Services at
714-628-4015
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