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COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER REDRAWING TRUSTEE AREA BOUNDARIES
The Coast Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing Wednesday, February 20, on a proposal to redraw the five Trustee Area boundaries. The voluntary redistricting proposal will balance the population in each Trustee Area based on information from the 2000 U.S. Census. At its meeting Wednesday night, the Board chose one of three redistricting scenarios offered by Bill Gayk from the Center for Demographic Research at CSU, Fullerton.
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CONTACT:
Erin Cohn
Public Affairs Director
(714) 438-4605
February 8, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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"While this redistricting effort is voluntary and not mandated, it is important to ensure that each vote within our District boundaries has equal weight in the November 2002 election and beyond," said Board President Walter G. Howald.
According to the new census figures, the Coast Community College District includes 631,676 voters. The scenario chosen by trustees last night will adjust the Trustee Area lines so that each area includes approximately 126,300. Trustees are elected "at-large" by voters throughout the entire District, but must reside in the Trustee Area they represent.
A notice for the February 20 public hearing is attached to this release.
EDITOR: Copies of the current Trustee Areas and the proposed changes to the Trustee Areas are available from the Coast Community College District. Please call Erin Cohn, District Public Affairs Director, at 714-438-4605 to request copies.
An educator for more than 30 years, Vega has served as chancellor of the Coast
District since 1993. From 1985 to 1993, he served as president of Coastline Community
College, one of three colleges in the Coast District.
The Coast Community College District is the seventh largest community college district in the nation in credit enrollment, serving nearly 60,000 students each semester. The district is comprised of Coastline Community College headquartered in Fountain Valley, Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, and KOCE-TV, the district's public broadcasting station.
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