PRESS RELEASE
ATTN: Oroville City Elementary Parents, Guardians and Staff Members
You are invited to a Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Oroville City Hall at 5:30 p.m.
The Oroville City Elementary School District Board of Trustees adopted a Resolution of Intention to transition from at-large to district-based elections in order to conform to the California Voting Rights Act. You can learn more about this process by visiting our website:
https://www.ocesd.net/page/trustee-areas
If you are unable to make the meeting, you can use the documents found on the website to express your opinion and input regarding new draft boundary lines for the Oroville City Elementary School District Board of Trustees elections. Please turn completed forms or feedback to backpack@ocesd.net.
Oroville City Elementary School District (OCESD) Preliminary Schedule to Transition to District-Based Elections
- May 10, 2023 – First Hearing on Draft Maps
- June 21, 2023 – Second Hearing on Draft Maps (after incorporating feedback)
- July 10, 2023 – Final Map Options Posted to Website
- July 19, 2023 – Board to Adopt Map
NEXT STEPS
- Approval of trustee area map by County Committee on School District Reorganization (County of Board of Education).
- State Board of Education approval of OCESD waiver of election, which automatically establishes trustee area elections.
- The first election to use the trustee areas must be held more than 120 days after trustee areas are established by the State Board of Education.