Special Workshop
Monday, June 21, 2021 * 5-7 pm
Redistricting Your District:
Important Updates & Strategies for School Trustees

  • A special workshop on redistricting, managing Census data, understanding the California Voting Rights Act and addressing urgent upcoming election deadlines.

  • Important content for all school/community college trustees and district leadership, whether your district currently has trustee areas/trustee area voting or has an at-large election structure.
Welcome From
Debra Duardo, M.S.W., Ed.D.
Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools
Special Guest Speaker
State Senator Ben Allen
California Senator Ben Allen was elected in 2014 (and reelected in 2018) to represent the 26th Senate District covering the Westside, Hollywood and coastal South Bay communities of LA County. He chairs the Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee and co-chairs the Legislature’s Environmental Caucus. He also chairs the Legislative Jewish Caucus, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Arts, and the Senate Select Committee on Aerospace and Defense. Previously, he served as President of the Santa Monica-Malibu USD Board of Education.
Presenters will provide information about:
  • working with LACOE staff who have experience in these issues
  • submitting proposals to the LA County Committee on School District Organization
  • legal concerns
  • demographic challenges
  • fiscal concerns
  • understanding deadlines with the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
  • and more!
Presenters include:
  • Mr. Octavio Castelo, Secretary to the LA County Committee on School District Organization and LACOE’s Director of Business Advisory Services
  • Dr. Allison Deegan, LACOE
  • Dr. Cherise Moore, Chair, LA County Committee on School District Organization and President, Board of Trustees, William S. Hart Union HSD
  • Mr. Frank Ogaz, Vice Chair, LA County Committee on School District Organization and former Board of Trustees member, El Monte Union HSD
  • Dr. Douglas Johnson, President, National Demographics Corporation
  • Mr. David Soldani, Partner, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
  • Mr. Eric Hass, LACOE
Thank You to Our Sponsor!
3767 Worsham Avenue
Long Beach, California 90808
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