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  • Wednesday, November 07, 2018

     

    Erickson wins OUSD seat


    Erickson wins OUSD Area 5 seat
    Kris Erickson defeated Timothy Surridge for the Orange Unified Trustee seat.  Surridge was the only OUSD Trustee out of the 4 trustees running reelection to be defeated.

    Trustees Kathy Moffat, Rick Ledesma and Andrea Yamasaki all easily won re-election.


    In the Orange City elections, Mark Murphy was easily elected Mayor and Kimberly Nichols was reelected to the City Council. Joining Nichols will be Chip Monaco.

    Murphy's win will leave a vacancy on the City Council.  


    Monday, November 05, 2018

     

    OUSD Board to meet 2 days after election

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    OUSD School Board to meet two days after Nov 6th election
    The Orange Unified School Board will meet on Thursday November 8, 2018. The meeting will be two days after the November 6th election that could have a major impact on the current make-up of the OUSD Board with four of the Trustees seeking re-election.

    The November 8 OUSD Agenda also includes items to move the OUSD Board's required Annual Organizational Meeting ( where they elect board officers) from December 6 to December 13th ( Action item 12 C and Consent Item 14 P ).

    In general,  the four Trustees up for reelection on November 6th divide equally into the two factions on the current board.

    Depending on the election, the Thursday meeting could be the last for anyone of the current trustees.

    In 2014,  Trustee Rick Ledesma easily won reelection in a three-way race. Controversial former OUSD Trustee Steve Rocco polled 4,213 votes (10%) giving Ledesma a clear path to reelection with 56% of the vote.  Rocco again appears on the ballot this year with newcomer Sean Griffin.   

    Surridge's submitted Voter's Edge photo

    In 2014, Trustee Timothy Surridge won his seat against Florice Hoffman by 53. 7% to 46.3 %. In this election, Surridge faces well known community education advocate and attorney Kris Erickson in  what is the most watched OUSD race. As a first time candidate, Erickson has mounted a multi-pronged professional campaign, while Surridge ( who did not even establish a campaign website)  has failed to mount any serious public campaign to keep his seat.







    The other marquee race is between Trustee Kathy Moffat and Joe Ferrentino. As challenger to a popular incumbent, Ferrentino has made an issue out of  the Measure K Bond and Moffat's years on the OUSD Board. In 2014 Moffat won reelection with 61.3% of the vote against two opponents.

    In OUSD Trustee Area 1, the popular Trustee Andrea Yamasaki faces Sandra Angel.

    Inside the OUSD Agenda
    Action Item 12 A on the November 8, 2018 OUSD Board of Education Agenda combines the annual and five-year required accounting of developer taxes.  The item shows that in the last five years, the current OUSD Board under the "fiscal conservative" majority increased developer taxes for both residential and commercial 9% each.
     
    Agenda Item shows record of developer taxes over the last five years

    Closed Session 4D has the Board meeting about the sale of the Walnut property adjacent to Santiago Charter Middle School.  


    At the end of last month, developer Western States Housing pulled out of the deal to buy the historic Killefer Elementary Site. The developer had approval to build three story 24 unit project that would preserve some of the historic building.  The school was the first to desegregate, three years before the 1947 California Supreme Court school desegregation ruling of Mendez v Westminster. 
    OUSD Public Relations costs
    In February 2018 OUSD Trustees voted $219,424 for a Public Relations contract (Click on):
     OUSD VOTES $219,424 for PR

    Here is what spending $219,424 of educational tax dollars on PR buys (For the latest in OUSD News on the web Click on): 
    OUSD in the NEWS

    NEXT OUSD BOARD MEETING October 11, 2018
    Next OUSD Board Meeting -OUSD BOARD ROOM
    CLOSED SESSION-  5:30 pm
    OUSD Regular Session: 7:00 pm Board Room
    For AGENDA-CLICK ON: OUSD AGENDA

    For more information call the OUSD Superintendent’s office at 714-628-4040


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