By adding two people, the Hollister School District has tripled the size of its citizens’ oversight committee stipulated in the text of the general obligation facilities bond passed by voters in November.
During the regularly scheduled school board meeting held March 24, the committee consisted of just one person. Last week, the board approved two more people to the group including a representative of a parent organization and a student guardian.
During the earlier school board meeting, Ray Rodriguez, a trustee from the San Benito High School District, rose during public comment and urged the board to expand its committee before spending bond money.
The committee should consist of at least seven members including a person active in the business community, someone from a senior citizens’ organization, a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the school district, an active participant in a parent-teacher organization and a member of a bona fide taxpayers’ organization.
At the recent meeting, attorney Daniel Maruccia, the district’s bond counsel, gave a report about the formation of a citizens’ oversight committee.
Trustees also approved Michelle Bingham as the group’s active parent-teacher organization member and Brianna Tavares as the group’s parent of a district student. The two new members will join Judi Johnson, a member of a senior citizens’ organization, who was approved as the first member of the committee during the March meeting.
