League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	San Joaquin County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	Measure A Unification of School Districts Proposed Lammersville Joint Unified School District Majority Approval Required Pass: 944 / 81.2% Yes votes ...... 218 / 18.8% No votes    909 (81.23%) Yes / 210 (18.77%) No in San Joaquin County    35 (81.40%) Yes / 8 (18.60%) No in Alameda County See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure A

Arguments Against Measure A

The formation of a K-12 school district within a portion of the Tracy Joint Unified School District and the Lammersville Elementary School District will serve the growing population in the City of Mountain House and the city's future students, provide educational program equity, and equal educational opportunity for all affected student populations. The unification is in the best interest of students and families who reside in the proposed area. The San Joaquin County Committee on School District Organization has determined that all statutory conditions as set forth below, in general and for the proposed reorganization in particular, have been met. The new school district will be adequate in terms of the number of students enrolled. The districts affected are each organized on the basis of a substantial community identity. The reorganization will result in an equitable division of property and facilities of the districts involved. The reorganization does not promote racial or ethnic discrimination or segregation. The reorganiation will not result in any substantial increase in costs to the state. The reorganization will not significantly disrupt the educational programs in the affected districts and will continue to promote sound educational performance in those districts. The reorganization will not result in a significant increase in school housing costs. The reorganization is not designed to result in a significant increase in property values causing financial advantage to property owners because territory was transferred from one school district to an adjoining district. The reorganization will not cause a substantial negative effect on the fiscal management or fiscal status of any district affected by the reorganization. "s/"Fedrick A. Wentworth, Ed.D "s/"County Superintendent/Secretary to the San Joaquin County Committee on School District Organization

No argument against Measure A was submitted.

Full Text of Measure A

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE A Lammersville Joint Unified School District Prepared by San Joaquin County Counsel Measure A proposes the unification of a portion of the Tracy Joint Unified School District and the Lammersville Elementary School District to form a new school district to be known as the Lammersville Joint Unified School District within the boundaries of the Lammersville and Mountain House Elementary School Districts. The Mountain House elementary School District, which would lie within the boundaries of the newly formed district, will continue to exist as an independent elementary school district. Mountain House Elementary School District students would attend secondary schools within the newly formed district, although those students alreadey attending schools in the Tracy Joint Unified School District would have the right to complete their educatiion there. If Measure A is approved, the unificatiion would be effective July 12, 2011. The school district unification proposed by Measure A would allow for the property, obligations and bonded indebtedness of the Tracy Joint Unified School District and the Lammersville Elementary School District to be apportioned pursuant to an existing Pre-Unification Agreement between the two districts dated June 23, 2009. The proposed new unified school district will be governed by a five-menmber governing board whose members will be elected at the same time as the election on the unification of the school districts. The trustee areas will include the boundaries of the entire new school district as proposed and the members will be elected by the registered voters of the entire new school district as proposed. The three trustee candidates receiving the most votes will serve four-year terms and the two trustee candidates receiving the fourth and fifth most votes will serve two-year terms; thereafter, all governing board members will be elected to four-year terms. "s/" David Wooten, San Joaquin County Counsel "s/" Jason R. Morrish, Deputy County Counsel