Transition to Electing Trustees by Trustee Area: �ADC Meeting #2

SANTA RITA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Agenda

1. Review of last meeting (Plan 1)
2. Plan 2
3. Commission discussion

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Example of the Population Equality Requirement

Courts have allowed some deviation from exact population equality for school districts: the spread between the most- and least-populous districts should not exceed 10% of the “ideal district population” which is 1/5 of the SRUSD’s total population.

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Satellite view of Santa Rita USD

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Population Distribution (Census 2020) – SRUSD subareas

5,105 persons is the ideal trustee area population

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10,210 is the ideal population for two trustee areas

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“Big picture” ideas about Trustee Areas (TAs)

• Harden Ranch area has almost enough total population for two trustee areas
• Santa Rita high density area’s population is a little larger than two trustee areas
• Bolsa Knolls and surrounding area have almost enough population for one trustee area

Are there other areas, especially in the more rural parts of SRUSD, that we should identify as communities that belong together?

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Harden Ranch area (numbers are Census block 2020 population totals)

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Harden Ranch’s 2020 population of 9,638 is too little for two trustee areas,

• It is does not make sense to add Census blocks from the northwest to Harden Ranch area because the block populations are too large
• All parts of a trustee area must be contiguous

How to divide this area between Trustee Areas?

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Plan 1

• Plan deviation is 8.0%
• 2 trustee areas in the Harden Ranch area
• 2 trustee areas in Santa Rita high density housing
• 1 trustee in Bolsa Knolls and surrounding area
• Rural areas divided between Districts 4 and 5

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Plan 1 overview

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Plan 1 detail

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Plan 1 detail

Harden Ranch area

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Plan 1 detail

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Odd boundaries result from 2020 Census block shapes

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Plan 1 Data

Plan 2

• Plan deviation is 8.7%
• TAs 1, 2, and 3 same as Plan 1
• Rural part of Plan 1’s TA 5 moves to TA 4
• TA 5 is geographically large
• Slightly higher deviation
• More imbalanced than Plan 1 for TAs 4 and 5, but within legal limits

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Plan 2 overview

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Plan 2 Data

Questions, Comments, Discussion

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