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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
PETITION DENIED for PANORAMA HEIGHTS
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Panorama Heights transfer petition denied
by Orange County Committee on School District Organization
The Petition to transfer
the Panorama Heights
The
Orange Unified School Board had overwhelmingly voted at their May 26, 2016
meeting to oppose the petition (Trustee Mark Wayland was the only OUSD Trustee
in favor of allowing the transfer) after the OUSD staff's fiscal report on the
potential revenue lost to OUSD with the Panorama Heights
In the first Public Hearing
presented at the Orange Unified District Office, the three petitioners, Marlene
Graham, Katie Mayberry and Jennifer Lampman
gave a PowerPoint presentation to the OCCSO arguing that the transfer would unite
the Panorama Heights neighborhood with the Tustin community and allow the
neighborhood children to attend school together. They also argued that the community
identifies with the youth, religious, and retail institutions in Tustin.
OUSD's
legal representative Spencer Covert presented OUSD's case to the OCCSO. In his
PowerPoint, Covert reviewed the financial impact on OUSD including the impact
to the district's declining student enrollment. Using
an excerpt from a realtor's video ( CLICK ON: Panorama story with video ) the committee members were
shown how close the neighborhood is to OUSD's Panorama Elementary School and
City of Orange retail areas. Covert presented arguments why the proposed transfer failed five of the 9 criteria that must be met as required by the California Education Code for a transfer: Criteria 2 (substantial community identity); Criteria
3 (equitable division of property and facilities); Criteria 6 (distribution of educational
programs); Criteria 9 ( a negative financial impact); and Criteria 8-that the
petition was designed to primarily increase property values.*
*One
of the petitioners- Jennifer Lampman is a realtor that does business in the
area.
(Click on: Jennifer Lampman Realtor)
(Click on: Jennifer Lampman Realtor)
After
the OUSD presentation, Tustin Unified Superintendent Dr. Gregory Franklin
reported that Tustin Unified took a neutral position on the transfer.
Fourteen
people spoke during public comments for the first hearing.
Eight in favor, three against and three from a neighborhood known
as Lower Panorama
Heights Lower
Panorama Heights
As
required, a California Environmental Quality Act checklist was presented by the
Orange County Department of Education staff and the requested transfer was
found to have no adverse environmental impacts.
In
the second public hearing at the Tustin Unified District Office, the
petitioners in their presentation added information about the proximity of the
neighborhood to Tustin Unified Schools and how the OUSD busing is not needed
because parents drive their students to school.
Then OUSD
attorney Spencer Covert addressed property values and the three Tustin Bonds and the entrances and
exits of the Panorama
Heights
In
their rebuttal, the petitioners again tied their petition to the neighborhood
children and argued that OUSD's financial situation had not changed since 2012
when the Rocking Horse Neighborhood was allowed to transfer to Tustin Unified
from OUSD. Mr. Covert rebutted about the
current OUSD financial situation compared to 2012 and the differences in the
two transfer petitions.
Questions
from the commissioners included questions about interdistrict transfers, property
values and the Lower
Panorama Heights
The
Commission voted that three of the nine criteria were not met: Criteria 2
(substantial community identity) by a vote of 6-0; Criteria 3 (equitable division
of property and facilities) by a vote of 4-2; and Criteria 9 ( a negative financial
impact) by a 4-2 vote.
With
three of the nine criteria not met, the petition was denied.
Inside the May 26,
2016 Agenda
The Orange Unified School
Board will meet on Thursday May 26, 2016 in a regular session.
The Agenda includes:
Killerfer Site items:
- Closed Session item 4 D: Price an terms of a sale of the property will
be discussed
- Action Item 12 A: Final report on declaring a parking lot at the
Killerfer Site surplus property.
Facilities Bond Update:
- Information Item 13 A: Revised draft of proposed Facility Bond
language and updates on legal requirements and issues involved in General
Obligation Bonds and updated Polling results.
Budget items:
- Action Item 12 C: A Public
Hearing on 2015-16 Budget and 2016-17 Proposed Budget
- Consent Item 14 D: Resolution on how OUSD will spend monies from Education Protection Account
- Consent Item 14 E: Resolution allowing inter-fund account
transfers for cash-flow
NEXT OUSD BOARD MEETING May 26,
2016
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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