Raisin City Elementary School District recall, California (2016)
| Raisin City Elementary School District Board of Trustees recall |
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| Officeholders |
Nancy Schwabenland Frederico Garcia Evangelina Urias |
| Recall status |
Recall defeated |
| Recall election date |
| April 12, 2016 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2016 Recalls in California California recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
A recall election targeting four members of the Raisin City Elementary School District Board of Trustees in California was on the ballot on April 12, 2016. Anthony Monreal, Nancy Schwabenland, and Federico Garcia were ousted from office, but Evangelina Urias was retained.[1] Patricia Ramirez, Sofia Lopez, and Laday Ramirez were elected to replace the three recalled school board members.[2]
The possibility of recalling Raisin City Elementary Board of Education members was first discussed in February 2015. Monreal, Garcia, Schwabenland, and Urias were initially targeted with fellow board member Rafael Morfin. The recall effort started after news of Superintendent/Principal Anna Ramirez's 2013 felony conviction came to light. Ramirez had been ordered to pay $63,948 in restitution after pleading no contest to felony forgery. She alerted the board of her conviction prior to getting hired, but Schwabenland said the board hired her because the conviction had "nothing to do with school" and "nothing to do with kids." Recall supporters also cited Ramirez's lack of administrative credentials as another reason the board should not have hired her.[3][4]
Recall vote
| Nancy Schwabenland, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Recall | 152 | 63.33% | ||
| Retain | 88 | 36.67% | ||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
| Schwabenland's successor candidate, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Patricia Ramirez | 149 | 91.41% | ||
| 14 | 8.59% | |||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
| Federico Garcia, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 158 | 66.95% | ||
| Retain | 78 | 33.05% | ||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
| Garcia's successor candidate, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Sofia Lopez | 149 | 92.55% | ||
| 12 | 7.45% | |||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
| Anthony Monreal, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 158 | 66.95% | ||
| Retain | 78 | 33.05% | ||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
| Monreal's successor candidate, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Laday Ramirez | 135 | 76.27% | ||
| 36 | 20.34% | |||
| 6 | 3.39% | |||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
| Evangelina Urias, At-Large Board Member, Raisin City Elementary School District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 106 | 44.35% | ||
| 133 | 55.65% | |||
| Election results via: Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Official Final Results," accessed April 29, 2016 | ||||
Recall supporters
Parents and community members of the one-school district started protesting outside of the school building in February 2015. Members of the protest said they were disappointed that the board had hired someone without an administrative credential to be superintendent and principal of the Raisin City Elementary School District. State law required principals to have the credential, but not superintendents. Fresno County schools Superintendent Jim Yovino said it was standard for people holding a dual superintendent-principal role, such as Ramirez was doing, to hold the credential, but that it "depends on what the district wants or needs."[3][4]
Sophia Aguilar, one of the protesters, said that Ramirez was "a confessed felon who is in charge of a school. Our picketing is done to increase the visibility of the situation to the community.”[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
The Fresno County Clerk's Office approved the recall petition on December 10, 2015. The office then set the recall election date for April 12, 2016. Candidates wishing to run to replace the recalled board members had to file by January 28, 2016.[5]
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See also
- Raisin City Elementary School District
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2016
- School board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Fresno Bee, "3 Raisin City school board members recalled in special election," April 12, 2016
- ↑ Fresno County Clerk, "Election Summary Report 4/12/16 Unofficial Final Results," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fresno Bee, "Turnover in school superintendents has heads spinning across Fresno, Madera counties," February 5, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fresno Bee, "School board recall elections popping up in the Valley," August 2, 2015
- ↑ Fresno County, "Resolution to Conduct a Consolidated School and School Recall Special Election," accessed April 13, 2016
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