By-Trustee Area Elections – By-Trustee Area Elections – Brea Olinda Unified School District

In accordance with the California Voting Rights Act, the Brea Olinda Unified School District will be transitioning to a By-Trustee Area election system in 2020.

After several months of public hearings and community forums to gather input, on November 18, 2019 the BOUSD Board of Education passed Resolution #19-43: Establishing Brea Olinda Unified School District Trustee Areas. The Board recommended Trustee Plan Scenario #1 and presented this map to the Orange County Committee on School District Organization during a special meeting on January 29, 2020. The map was approved by the committee in a 9-0 vote.

Approved Trustee Area Map #1

Conceptual Trustee Area Maps

Using input provided by the Community Feedback Form, the demographer produced a set of four conceptual maps.

The maps are based on the overall population and on the Citizens of Voting Age Population (CVAP).

It is important to note that trustee area elections have no impact on school attendance boundaries and that the maps are not and cannot be based on school attendance areas.

Public hearings were held on September 23, 2019 and October 14, 2019. During the public hearings, the community was given the opportunity to provide input on the maps.

Draft maps can be viewed by clicking on the link below:

Conceptual Trustee Area Maps

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Proposed Timeline of Events

Date	Activity
May 6, 2019	Board Meeting: School District Initiates Process to Transition to By-District Elections
June 10, 2019	Board Meeting: First Pre-Map Public Hearing and Presentation
June 24, 2019	Board Meeting: Second Pre-Map Public Hearing
June – August 2019	Prepare Trustee Area Scenarios and Initiate Feedback on Waiver Request from Bargaining Units, DELAC, School Site Councils
September 9, 2019	Board Meeting: First Public Hearing on Trustee Area Scenarios
September 23, 2019	Board Meeting: Second Public Hearing on Trustee Area ScenariosPublic Hearing on General Waiver Request Board Consideration of General Waiver Request
October 14, 2019	Board Meeting: Final Public Hearing on Trustee Area Scenarios Board Section of Trustee Area Map Board Consideration of Change in Election Method
November 2019	County Committee on School District Organization Holds a Public Hearing and Considers Approval of Change in Election Method and Trustee Area Map
January 2020	State Board of Education Meeting; Waiver Application Consideration Cooperative Strategies sends Final Trustee area Map to the County Registrar of Voters
November 2020	First Election Held Utilizing Trustee Areas

Presentations/Materials

FAQs

Will this impact where my student goes to school?
No, the district’s transition from at-large to by-trustee area voting will have no impact on school attendance zones.

How many trustee areas will be established?
Five separate by-trustee voting areas will be established within the district boundary map.

How will BOUSD determine the trustee area map?
The district will retain demographers to develop several map options for purposes of discussion. Public hearings will be conducted prior to the creation of map options. After receiving community feedback and additional input from the Board of Education, trustee map areas will be created.

When will this change go into effect?
By-trustee area voting will first be in place for the 2020 General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.