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Monday, December 07, 2015
OUSD Term limits?
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OUSD Trustees to
vote on Term Limits
At the
regular scheduled Thursday December 10, 2015 Orange Unified School Board meeting the OUSD Ttrustees will vote on placing trustee term limits on the ballot in 2016.
Action Item 13 C ( Agenda page 10) is a resolution for the
OUSD Board to vote on the proposed term limits for the OUSD
Trustees. The item also has the trustees
deciding if the proposed limits to terms should be limited to two terms (eight
years total) or three terms (twelve years total). OUSD Trustee terms are four years. If approved by the OUSD Board, the term
limit proposal would be on the June 2016 ballot and need voter approval. If aproved, the term limits would
not apply retroactively.
The Term Limit proposal was first proposed by
OUSD Board President John Ortega in April of this year. Ortega has never faced an opponent since he was
first elected in the 2001 Orange Recall Election as part of the Citizens Slate.
2016
Bond items on Agenda
Two items concerning an expected 2016 Orange Unified
Facilities Bond in November 2016 are also on the Thursday December 10, 2015.
Action Item 13 B ( Agenda page 9) will have the OUSD
Trustees vote on contracts for Bond Construction Management and Architectural
Firms. The item has the four recommended firms working with the architects to "refine and validate the high school
facility master plans created in 2014".
The four finalist firms are: Arcadis U.S.
Information Item 14 A (page 13) is a report from the
election consultants on the financial aspect of a 2016 Bond on the
November Presidential ballot.
Inside the December 10th Agenda
Consent Item 15 G
(page 24) First Interim Financial
Report- The OUSD
Board is set to approve the district's "positive financial status". Page 26 of the Agenda shows the OUSD current
balance is $70.5 million. That total includes $8.4 million in "reserves for
economic uncertainties" and an additional $57.9 million in unspent monies.
Also in
the December 10th agenda:
9A (page 1) Annual Organization Meeting: annual election of OUSD Officers
13A (page 4) Sale
NEXT OUSD BOARD MEETING Thursday
December 10, 2015
Next OUSD Board Meeting -OUSD BOARD ROOM
CLOSED SESSION- 5:30 pm
OUSD Regular Session: 7:00 pm
For AGENDA-CLICK ON
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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Friday, December 04, 2015
Yamasaki will face Salas in 2016
eLECTION Watch 2016
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Andrea Yamasaki will face ousted Greg Salas
OUSTED GREG SALAS FILES FOR OUSD AREA 1 TRUSTEE ELECTION
Ousted appointee Greg Salas has filed for the Orange Unified Area 1 Trustee seat. Listing his occupation as " Orange County Businessman/Parent" Salas will face Andrea Yamasaki in the vote-by-mail March 1, 2016 election.
(click on OUSD ELECTION FILE )
Salas was ousted from his appointment to the OUSD Board by petition by thousands of voters from across Orange Unified to nullify his surprise appointment.
(click on OUSD ELECTION FILE )
Salas was ousted from his appointment to the OUSD Board by petition by thousands of voters from across Orange Unified to nullify his surprise appointment.
Salas had no interest in being on the OUSD Board after moving into the district only 2 years ago. His children did not attend OUSD schools, and he admitted he had never been to an OUSD school. Despite his lack of knowledge of local schools, issues, and no involvement in the local community- Salas was appointed in a controversial vote by the OUSD Board on September 21, 2015.
(Click on: SALAS APPOINTED)
Thirty-eight days later and the community had successfully ousted Salas.
(Click on SALAS TERMINATED)
In a hastily called Special Meeting a week after the Salas appointment, Surridge admitted he self appointed himself to actively go out and recruit someone to appoint to the vacant seat based on politics.
Surridge eventually recruited his friend Salas and was able to guarantee the Salas appointed despite Salas having no qualifications as evident by his hastily hand written Candidate Information Sheet for the OUSD Trustee appointment process.
That Candidate Information Sheet can be seen here:
SALAS APPLICATION
That Candidate Information Sheet can be seen here:
SALAS APPLICATION
For information on the Surridge admission CLICK HERE:
Click on the video below to see Surridge admitting he recruited the unqualified Salas at the October 1, 2015 Special Election:
Widespread community outrage over the Salas appointment-driven in part by the fact Salas was clearly the least qualified of the huge pool of candidates- intensified after Surridge admitted he personally had recruited Salas for the appointment to the OUSD Board as a political appointment.
That admission by Surridge of his recruiting the unqualified Salas and the fact that Surridge was able to get his allies on the OUSD Board to appoint the unqualified Salas, further enraged voters across Greater Orange and led to the ultimate ouster of Salas from his appointment as thousands of Greater Orange signed and filed thousands of petition signatures ( over 134% more than the required amount) within 30 days of the Salas appointment. With Salas ousted- an election was called for March of 2016.
Now Salas has filed to run in that election.
Salas will face long time Anaheim Hills resident and community leader Andrea Yamasaki. A decades long community volunteer from Anaheim Hills schools to civic organizations, Yamasaki has experience in business, and leadership roles and experience in numerous OUSD schools, OUSD committees, and civic organizations. To see Andrea Yamasaki Candidate Information Sheet click on:
Yamasaki was the only candidate that had dozens of supporters speak on her behalf at the September 21, 2015 OUSD Board Meeting. Those supporters were from across the Greater Orange Community.
The Surridge opposition to Yamasaki at the September 21, 2015 shocked the Anaheim Hills and the Greater Orange communitie and galvinized the community-wide petition drive to oust Salas.
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
It's holiday time!!
Greater
Orange holiday celebrations:
Plaza
Tree lighting, Santa Tour and the
Villa Park Dry Land Boat
Parade!
The Christmas holiday season’s official Greater Orange
kickoff celebrates 21 years of tree lighting ceremonies in the Historic Old Towne Orange Plaza
The whole family is invited to this free event to enjoy
good cheer, photo opportunities with Santa, and family fun activities.
As always, refreshments will be sold by local non-profit
groups for a nominal fee, which goes to support their works in the community.
The traditional local kick-off to the holiday season starts
at 3:30 p.m., as Santa Claus comes to the Old Towne Plaza
The center
piece of the event-the official tree lighting-will take place at 5:15 p.m.
The lighted tree will be the backdrop for the 350-voice Orange
Master Chorale choir led by Orange High’s world famous choir director Michael
Short in a candlelight procession, backed by a full orchestra.
In case of rain please call the official Orange Special
Events Hotline for details: 714-744-7278.
Santa to Tour Villa Park December 12th before heading back to the North Pole
Few people outside Villa Park may know that Santa and Mrs. Claus keep their Southern California vacation residence right here in Greater Orange at the Claus Villa in Villa Park.
Each year
before making the final push towards getting ready for that Christmas Eve world
tour, the Claus family spends a weekend at their Villa
Park get-a-way. Traditionally, Santa has thanked his
home-away-from home neighbors with the Annual Villa Park Santa Tour winding his
way through Greater Orange's “Hidden Jewel” in a bright red fire truck.
This year’s Santa's annual tour is Saturday
December 12, 2013 from 8:00 am- 3:30 pm.
Along with the 28 scheduled stops, Santa
has been known to drop by or stop along the route where ever there is a
gathering of believers. For more information contact the Villa Park City Hall
The Annual Santa Tour is sponsored by
the Villa Park Foundation.
For more information CLICK ON: Santa Tour
Great
Being
land-locked never bothered many in Greater Orange, especially in Villa Park where the Annual Great Villa Park Inland Boat
Parade takes place on Sunday December 13th, 2015. This year's 18th Annual theme
is Rocking and Rolling through the
Holidays.
The flotilla sails
through the backwaters of Villa Park, starting at 5:00 pm from Villa Park High School
The Great Villa
Park Inland Boat Parade is sponsored by the Villa Park Foundation.
