Author: Carolyn Inmon

The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD), with nearly 200,000 Irvine residents, is transitioning from a single, district-wide, “at-large” election system to a system of five sub-districts, known as “Areas.” 

This November 6th, voters in the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) are going to be electing two School Board members in a new manner.   Instead of voting for candidates who are running district-wide — in a so-called “at-large” election — IUSD is now divided into five smaller geographic voting areas.

Our Irvine community appears to be responding quietly but constructively to the grim reality of American life in 2018:  Incidents of gun violence — including mass-casualty shootings in our schools — are now an ever-present threat.  

Let’s give credit where it is due. The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) is now on a constructive path to reforming its system for electing School Board members.