Fremont Union School District approves district zoning map for new trustee election system

Artificial turf at Diesner Field at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. One of the South Bay’s largest high school districts has finalized a new system for electing members of the board of trustees, just in time for its fall elections.

Initially, one trustee will be elected from a zone containing North Sunnyvale and the other from a zone encompassing West San Jose, Saratoga and parts of Santa Clara, all areas that have been historically underrepresented on the board. The remaining three districts, which include mostly Cupertino and Central Sunnyvale, will have to wait for the district’s 2026 elections before their candidates can be elected.

The district decided to transition in 2023, worried about the threat of a potential lawsuit from community members for allegedly violating the California Voting Rights Act, a state law that protects racial minority groups from having their votes diluted. At-large voting, critics say, can prevent minority groups from electing their candidates of choice when they are not the majority in a jurisdiction.

Liang-Fang Chao, a Cupertino city councilmember who said she was representing herself when speaking on the matter, believes the process was rushed and would have liked to see the board wait or consider other options. She still supported the map the trustees approved, as each high school attendance area has a corresponding trustee area.

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