The Hart School District has added a third scenario for governing board consideration following community input on the district’s planned change to trustee-area voting from the current at-large system. The district hosted five community meetings in November and early December to allow for public...

Did all y’all make any resolutions for the new year? How many are you going to keep? Not those you want to keep, but what you actually will. Did you keep those resolutions from last year. I did. I kept them close but usually forgotten. Guess I’m somewhat normal in that. I do have some hopes for 2015....

Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris: Suing the city of Palmdale. [City of Palmdale] – The Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division 5 granted an immediate stay on Tuesday to the recent court order requested by plaintiff’s attorneys R. Rex Parris and Kevin Shenkman to...

TO: William S. Hart Union High School District Stakeholders FROM: Superintendent Robert Challinor DATE: October 29, 2014 SUBJECT: General Waiver Request to State Board of Education   On July 16, 2014, the District’s Governing Board adopted a resolution to initiate the transition from an “at-large”...

The Hart School District will host five community meetings to allow for public input and comment on the California Voter Rights Act process and the district’s planned change to trustee-area voting, from the current at-large system. Parents and community members are invited to attend any meeting and...

A missing Palmdale man was found in an overturned car in Acton over the weekend by members of his family. A superior court judge gave another green light to cumulative voting, which has been repeatedly challenged by city of Santa Clarita attorneys. The Amgen Tour of California is expected to return to...

[KHTS] A superior court judge again upheld the legality of cumulative voting, which was again challenged by language in a statement by city of Santa Clarita attorneys. The move led to speculation in open court Monday that a new lawsuit challenging the legality of cumulative voting could be forthcoming,...

Politics makes strange bedfellows. For instance, there is the little matter of Tony Strickland getting an endorsement from R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster AND the guy who has sued to force Santa Clarita and various school districts around the valley to change their election systems. So now we are...

[KHTS] – Sulphur Springs School District officials are continuing to gather voter input on possible electoral districts as part of their settlement of a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit. After the elementary school district settled a lawsuit alleging the district’s at-large elections violated...

There are more than 1,000 school districts in California serving approximately 6.2 million students, and each district has a locally elected Governing Board that sets policy for their district. The board’s job is to set policy that is both compliant with all federal and state laws as well as reflective...