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AngelAnn Flores recall, Stockton Unified School District, California (2023)
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A petition to recall AngelAnn Flores from her position as the Area 2 representative on the Stockton Unified School District Board of Education in California was approved for circulation in June 2023. It did not go to a vote as the leader of the recall withdrew the petition. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters would have had to collect 2,250 signatures in 120 days.[1]
Flores was elected to the seven-member board on November 6, 2018, receiving 53.7% of the vote against three opponents.[2][3] She was re-elected to a four-year term on November 8, 2022, receiving 37.9% of the vote against four opponents.[4] Flores was serving as president of the board in 2023.[5]
Recall supporters
The recall petition was filed by Melissa Garibay Ortiz, who ran against Flores in the 2022 election. Ortiz came in second, behind Flores, and earned 18.1% of the vote.[1][4]
The notice of intent to recall included the following language:[6]
| “ | We, the residents of Stockton Unified School District Area 2 who deserve responsible representation, do hereby intend to recall AngelAnn Flores, who has and continues to: act in a fiscally irresponsible manner - spending over $1.1 million to send herself and supporters to Las Vegas when the exact same training is held in nearby Sacramento for a substantially lower cost. She does not live in her elected area and committed felony perjury by filing false nomination papers. She also publicly misled voters by lying about her employment status as a “substitute teacher” when in fact she’s been unemployed. Her erratic behavior during meetings has resulted in her being officially censured by her own colleagues multiple times. She has taken a convicted violent felon to the elementary schools in violation of district policy and state law. She also took her campaign manager to elementary schools as a motivational speaker despite him being arrested for the rape of a student at the University of the Pacific. She is under multiple investigations including fraternizing with a student. Her presence on the board of trustees has been detrimental to students, teachers, administrators, fellow trustees, the district and the overall community. The time is now.[7] | ” |
The board had voted on two censure resolutions against Flores since she had joined the board. The censure from September 22, 2020, was approved with a 4-3 vote, and the censure from July 27, 2021, was also approved with a 4-3 vote.[8][9]
Recall opponents
“I am confident that the voters in my community will see this as just propaganda to cause chaos and distraction,” Flores said in reaction to the recall effort. “I am proud to serve as president and my work has been diligent in holding people accountable and keeping kids front and centered in all of our board’s decisions.”[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
The San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters approved the recall petition for circulation in June 2023. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters would have had to collect 2,250 signatures in 120 days. The number of signatures was equal to 20% of the registered voters in the school district's Area 2.[1]
About the district
Stockton Unified School District is located in San Joaquin County, California. It is classified as a large city school district by the National Center for Education Statistics. The district served 37,502 students during the 2018-2019 school year and comprised 55 schools.[10]
During the 2018-2019 school year, 74.5% of the district's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 23.1% were English language learners, and 11.8% of students had an Individual Education Plan (IEP).[11]
| Racial Demographics, 2018-2019 | ||
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| Race | Stockton Unified School District (%) | California K-12 students (%) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| Black | 9.9 | 5.4 |
| Hispanic | 67.1 | 54.6 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Two or More Races | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| White | 5.2 | 22.9 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
2023 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 48 school board recall efforts against 97 board members in 2023. Sixteen of those board members faced recall elections. The recall elections were held on January 10, 2023, August 1, 2023, August 8, 2023, August 29, 2023, November 7, 2023, and December 12, 2023. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2023 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Stockton Unified School District, California
- Stockton Unified School District, California, elections (2022)
- Stockton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
- Stockton Unified School District elections (2018)
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Record, "Candidate who lost election to AngelAnn Flores to circulate recall petition," June 12, 2023
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "November 6, 2018 General Election: FINAL OFFICIAL CERTIFIED RESULTS, DECEMBER 6, 2018," accessed June 13, 2023
- ↑ Stockton Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed June 13, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "2022 General Election: Official Final Election Results," accessed June 13, 2023
- ↑ The Record, "Flores receives outpour of support from community, avoids mutiny," May 10, 2023
- ↑ Facebook, "209 Times post on March 20, 2023," accessed July 5, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Stockton Unified School District, "Meetings: Regular Board Meeting (Tuesday, September 22, 2020) Minutes," accessed July 5, 2023
- ↑ Stockton Unified School District, "Meetings: July 27, 2021 Regular Board Meeting Minutes," accessed July 5, 2023
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Search for Public School Districts," accessed March 8, 2021
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," accessed March 8, 2021
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