REDONDO SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT: Exit city charter?
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Unified School District April 25 discussed whether it should exit the city charter and move its elections to November – opening a chance for no term-limits and a change from at-large seats to those by district. The item was brought for discussion by boardmember Rolf Strutzenberg. Last fall, the city charter review committee voted 6-1 to recommend that school board positions switch from at-large to by district/trustee area (not necessarily the same as city council districts). “A school district doesn’t have to be in the city charter,” said Strutzenberg, who is also the president of the city charter review committee. “(As is) we can’t contradict the city charter, as a school board.” Taking the schools out of the charter would move RBUSD elections to even years in November, instead of odd years in March as is the practice of the city. Redondo Unified would pay the cost of its elections. Term limits would lapse, if not instituted by the city charter, though the school district could vote to set limits themselves. “In general, is there a desire by this board to (do any of this)?” Strutzenberg asked. Los Angeles County would administer the school board…
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