FRC - PUSD - PCOE Trustee Area Boundary Public Forums (session #3)

A series of public forums will be held to encourage participation by stakeholders who wish to provide input regarding a proposal to transition to a by-trustee area election process.  Community input and participation is key at all stages of developing the trustee area boundaries.

The FRC and PUSD/PCOE boards request public input for drafting trustee area map boundaries according to the following criteria:

• Required criteria for trustee areas:
• balanced populations;
• no gerrymandering of boundaries;
• boundaries shall not result in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen to vote on account of race or color

Optional criteria for trustee areas:

• compactness;
• contiguity;
• observe communities of interest such as high school attendance areas, rural or urban populations, municipalities, social interests; visible features such as topography and geography, and major highways, waterways, etc.

Both boards have voiced that the following considerations be used when developing trustee area boundaries:

• Target numbers of voters within 5% range from mean
• Do not split any contiguous small community (i.e. Graeagle, Greenville, Crescent Mills, Meadow Valley, etc.)
• Do not create an island in the larger population areas (i.e. Quincy) as one trustee area surrounded by a single other trustee area.
• When possible, follow Board of Supervisors boundaries, except do not split east Quincy if possible
• Use roads as dividing lines between areas
• Split high school boundaries only when necessary