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

The Brea Olinda Unified School District Board of Education has initiated the process to change the manner in which members of the Board are elected. Currently, Brea Olinda Unified School District holds at-large elections, in which each member of the Board is elected by registered voters of the entire school district. Under the new system, Board members residing in each trustee area will be elected by the registered voters in that particular trustee area.

Community Feedback/Comments

Please click on the link below to provide feedback or comments that we may provide to our demographers as they are drawing our draft By-Trustee Area maps.

Community Feedback Form

Conceptual Trustee Area Maps

Using input provided by the Community Feedback Form, the demographer has 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 will be held on September 23, 2019 and October 14, 2019. During the public hearings, the community will have 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.