UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The Monterey County Registrar of Voters issues public notice of special election to
be held on June 4, 2024. Interested individuals should go to the County Elections
Department webpage for filing instructions:
https://www.montereycountyelections.us/election-description/e/1135
UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The Board adopted Resolution 24:4, Ordering An Election to Fill a Vacancy on the Hartnell CCD.
UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 19, 2024
The District was notified by the County Superintendent of Schools that a "Petition
for Special Election to Fill the Vacancy on the Governing Board of the Hartnell Community
College District, Trustee Area 6 of Monterey County," was submitted to her office
on Thursday, December 21, 2023. As Monterey County Superintendent of Schools, she
reviewed the Petition and requested that the Monterey County Registrar of Voters verify
the sufficiency of signatures as required by law, pursuant to Education Code section
5091.
The County Registrar of Voters notified her on Friday, January 19, 2024 that the Petition
contains a sufficient number of valid signatures. As a result, it has been determined
that the Petition is legally sufficient and that the Hartnell Community College District
Trustee Area Six Provisional Appointee, Sonia Jaramillo, is to be terminated from
her seat effective immediately, and that a special election is to be held to fill
the vacancy.
UPDATE AS OF NOVEMBER 21, 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE OF VACANCY AND PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER-
Per Education Code 5092, notice is hereby given that a vacancy was created in District
6 of the Hartnell Community College District Governing Board by reason of the resignation
of Trustee Erica Padilla-Chavez, who filed a letter with the Monterey County Board
of Education on November 1, 2023 stating that she would resign her board position
effective November 2, 2023.
In accordance with Education Code sec. 5091, the Board made a provisional appointment on November 21, 2023, naming Sonia Jaramillo to the vacancy.
Unless a petition calling for a special election, containing a sufficient number of signatures, is filed in the Office of the Monterey County Superintendent of Schools within 30 days of the date of the provisional appointment, it shall become an effective appointment. Any such petitions must conform to the requirements listed in sec. 5091(f).
- - - - - - - - - -
Update 11/15/2023 - The application period has closed. Three applications were received. If accepted by the candidates, all three interviews will be held at a public meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 6 p.m., Hartnell College Main Campus Student Center Steinbeck Hall, 411 Central Avenue, Salinas.
- - - - - - - - - - -
TRUSTEE AREA 6 BOARD VACANCY
Hartnell Community College District Governing Board
invites applications to serve Trustee Area 6
The Hartnell Board is soliciting applications to serve as an appointed member of the Board of Trustees until the next regularly scheduled election for governing board members, which is in November 2024.
The appointment is due to the resignation of Erica Padilla-Chavez who moved from her area which created a vacancy. A map of District 6 may be found on the Board’s webpage at https://www.hartnell.edu/about/hccdgb/trustee_area_6_map.pdf.
The Board is responsible for the performance of Hartnell College, which serves over 9,000 students per semester and provides vital educational services to all the communities in the region.
The Board is seeking candidates who have the ability and time to fulfill the responsibilities of being a member of the Board, which include:
- Participating fully in the work of the Board, including attending all meetings and some college events, studying issues and agenda items, and participating in trustee education programs.
- Being knowledgeable about the communities served by the College and willing to act on behalf of and for the benefit of those communities.
- Being committed to community colleges, their missions, and their students’ learning, understanding educational, social, and economic policy issues.
- Engaging in balancing the needs of the many diverse groups, being able to contribute to and build consensus.
- Participating as one member of a board and supporting the authority of the board as a whole.
The Board typically meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m.
To be considered for an appointment, all application materials must be received in
the Office of the Superintendent/President not later than
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 4 p.m.
Application materials include the following:
*A letter of interest addressed to:
Alejandra González, Board Vice President
Candi DePauw, Board Member
Hartnell Community College District
Office of the Superintendent/President
411 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93901
*A completed application
*A completed applicant questionnaire
Application materials will be considered by members of the Board in determining who
will be invited to an interview on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. The interview will
be conducted in person and at a public board meeting. Further information will be
provided to those candidates about the board meeting and interview process. Candidates
invited to an interview will be asked questions by members of the Board related to
the role of a trustee.
Applicants are encouraged to visit the Board's webpage and the District's website for information about the Board and the District.
Please contact Lucy Serrano at 831-755-6900 (lserrano@hartnell.edu) if you have any questions about the position or selection process.
Submit completed application materials to:
Hartnell College, Office of Superintendent/President
411 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93901
Attn: Lucy Serrano or email to: lserrano@hartnell.edu
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Timeline
| Application Period | November 3-14, 2023, 4 p.m. |
| Deadline to Submit Applicant Materials | November 14, 2023, 4 p.m. |
| Review of Application Materials | November 15, 2023 |
| Notification of Interviews | November 16, 2023 |
| Interviews | November 21, 2023 |
| Announcement of Appointment | November 21, 2023 |