INTERVIEWS TO TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC DURING THE MAY 23, 2017 SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 4:30 PM
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA. – Five residents of Trustee Area 7, which covers portions of Rancho Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo and Coto de Caza applied to fill the seat that will be left vacant by Trustee Lynn Hatton-Hodson upon her resignation June 2, 2017. Candidates include Judy Bullockus and Penny Davis-Esterman of Mission Viejo, and Robert Dickson, Sara Jocham and Shawn Gordon, residents of Rancho Santa Margarita.
The Board of Trustees for the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) voted at their May 10, 2017, Board meeting to make a provisional appointment to fill the seat. Board members will interview the applicants and may select one to appoint during the public Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 4:30 p.m.
If the Board does not identify a candidate, they will have the option of extending the deadline for applicants or call a special election which would cost an estimated $180,000 and would be held in November, 2017. The May 23, 2017, Special Meeting agenda and information on each candidate can be found here.
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