Temecula Valley Unified School District, California, elections

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Temecula Valley Unified School District
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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 26,538 (2022-2023)
Schools: 30 (2022-2023)
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Temecula Valley Unified School District is a school district in California (Riverside County). During the 2023 school year, 26,538 students attended one of the district's 30 schools.

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Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1

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General election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Allison Barclay and Melinda Anderson ran in the general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 on November 5, 2024.

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Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 2

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Special general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 2

Emil Roger Barham, Gary Oddi, and Angela Talarzyk ran in the special general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 2 on November 5, 2024.

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Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4

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Joseph Komrosky and David Sola ran in the special general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4 on November 5, 2024.

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Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5

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General election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Steven Schwartz and Jon Cobb ran in the general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5 on November 5, 2024.

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Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1

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Incumbent Lee Darling won election in the general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 on November 8, 2016.

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Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5

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Incumbent Kristi Rutz-Robbins won election in the general election for Temecula Valley Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5 on November 8, 2016.

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Temecula Valley Board of Education At-large

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General election for Temecula Valley Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Julie Farnbach, incumbent Kevin S. Hill, and incumbent Sandy Hinkson won election in the general election for Temecula Valley Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2014.

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Recall elections

 
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Recall procedures

State Specific grounds required? Signature requirement Petition circulation time When recalls can start
California No 10% to 30% of registered voters (depending on population of jurisdiction) 40 to 160 days (depending on population of jurisdiction) Recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for 90 days, and they cannot start in the last six months of an officer's term


Recall efforts

2024
See also: Temecula Valley Unified School District recall, California (2023-2024)

A recall election against Joseph Komrosky, the Trustee Area 4 representative on the Temecula Valley Unified School District Board of Education in California, was held on June 4, 2024. The ballot asked voters if they were in favor of recalling Komrosky, and they were able to vote yes or no.[1] A majority of voters cast yes ballots, removing Komrosky from office.[2]

The effort to recall Komrosky and two other members of the board began in June 2023. Trustee Area 2 representative Danny Gonzalez and Trustee Area 3 representative Jennifer Wiersma were also named in the notices of intent to recall.[3][4] Recall supporters did not collect enough signatures to recall Gonzalez and Wiersma.[5][6]

The effort started after the board voted 3-2 against a new social studies curriculum published by the Teachers Curriculum Institute (TCI) at a board meeting on May 16, 2023. The social studies curriculum was for first through fifth grades and was scheduled to be used for eight years starting in the 2023-2024 school year.[7] California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced on July 13, 2023, that the state would provide the school district with social studies books to replace the ones that were canceled with the board's vote against the curriculum.[8]

The board reviewed the textbooks again on July 18, 2023, and again voted 3-2 to reject them.[9] After the second vote, Newsom announced that the district would be fined $1.5 million and charged an additional $1.6 million to pay for the state to ship the district new textbooks.[10] On July 21, 2023, the board voted 4-0 to approve the new curriculum. The vote also postponed one lesson for fourth graders pending further review. Wiersma and Komrosky voted with the other members of the board to approve the curriculum. Gonzalez was absent.[11]

Gonzalez, Wiersma, and Komrosky were elected to four-year terms on the board in November 2022.[12]


About the district

School board

The Temecula Valley Unified School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameSeatYear assumed officeYear term ends
Steven SchwartzTrustee Area 52028
Melinda AndersonTrustee Area 120242028
Jennifer WiersmaTrustee Area 32026
Emil BarhamTrustee Area 220242026
Joseph KomroskyTrustee Area 420242026
Julie Farnbach20142018
Kevin S. Hill20142018
Sandy Hinkson20142018

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Overlapping state house districts

Temecula Valley Unified School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 71Kate SanchezRepublican Party 70% 20%
California State Assembly District 36Jeff GonzalezRepublican Party 30% < 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[13]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $27,914,000 $1,045 8%
Local: $114,632,000 $4,292 31%
State: $231,677,000 $8,674 62%
Total: $374,223,000 $14,011
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $367,026,000 $13,741
Total Current Expenditures: $317,529,000 $11,888
Instructional Expenditures: $215,849,000 $8,081 59%
Student and Staff Support: $32,315,000 $1,209 9%
Administration: $33,657,000 $1,260 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $35,708,000 $1,336 10%
Total Capital Outlay: $39,372,000 $1,474
Construction: $38,263,000 $1,432
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $2,701,000 $101
Interest on Debt: $6,836,000 $255

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[14]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 PS PS PS
2018-2019 55 72 34 45 30-34 58 61
2017-2018 54 71 34 42 30-34 59 59
2016-2017 52 69 34 42 30-34 58 57
2015-2016 50 67 30 38 30-34 55 56
2014-2015 49 59 27 38 25-29 54 55
2013-2014 73 75-79 60-64 65 60-69 80-84 78
2012-2013 70 81 54 61 55-59 72 75
2011-2012 72 81 58 64 55-59 76 75
2010-2011 70 79 56 62 55-59 74 75

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 PS PS
2018-2019 69 80 54 60 45-49 73 73
2017-2018 68 81 51 59 50-54 72 72
2016-2017 65 80 48 56 35-39 69 69
2015-2016 64 76 47 54 50-54 68 69
2014-2015 62 72 47 53 50-54 66 67
2013-2014 73 75-79 60-64 65 50-59 80-84 78
2012-2013 75 82 63 68 65-69 78 80
2011-2012 79 83 67 72 65-69 82 83
2010-2011 76 81 67 69 60-64 79 81

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 94 >=95 90-94 92 >=50 >=95 94
2018-2019 92 >=95 85-89 90 >=80 >=95 94
2017-2018 94 >=95 >=95 91 >=50 >=95 94
2016-2017 93 >=95 90-94 90 >=80 90-94 94
2015-2016 95 >=95 90-94 92 >=90 90-94 96
2014-2015 94 >=95 90-94 91 >=90 >=95 95
2013-2014 94 >=95 90-94 92 >=80 >=95 96
2012-2013 94 90-94 90-94 91 >=80 90-94 96
2011-2012 93 >=95 90-94 91 >=80 >=95 94
2010-2011 92 90-94 90-94 89 >=80 90-94 94

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[15]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 26,538 -0.1
2021-2022 26,562 -0.6
2020-2021 26,710 -4.8
2019-2020 27,979 0.0
2018-2019 27,992 -7.1
2017-2018 29,983 0.2
2016-2017 29,917 -0.3
2015-2016 29,996 -0.1
2014-2015 30,016 -0.2
2013-2014 30,065 -0.9
2012-2013 30,337 0.2
2011-2012 30,267 0.0
2010-2011 30,272 0.3
2009-2010 30,184 2.3
2008-2009 29,492 0.2
2007-2008 29,435 2.6
2006-2007 28,680 4.8
2005-2006 27,298 6.0
2004-2005 25,653 8.4
2003-2004 23,496 6.4
2002-2003 21,998 7.9
2001-2002 20,258 6.3
2000-2001 18,980 8.1
1999-2000 17,449 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Temecula Valley Unified School District (%) California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.7 0.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 10.6 0.0
Black 3.5 0.0
Hispanic 36.8 0.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.3 0.0
Two or More Races 10.2 0.0
White 37.9 0.0

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.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[16]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Temecula Valley Unified School District had 1,110.42 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 23.9.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 84.16
Elementary: 642.41
Secondary: 383.85
Total: 1,110.42

Temecula Valley Unified School District employed 24.00 district administrators and 60.50 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 24.00
District Administrative Support: 87.21
School Administrators: 60.50
School Administrative Support: 125.59
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 364.86
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 1.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 53.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 21.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 24.80
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 105.14
Other Support Services: 409.12

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[17]

The Temecula Valley Unified School District operates 30 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Abby Reinke Elementary618KG-5
Alamos Elementary823KG-5
Bella Vista Middle1,3966-8
Chaparral High3,0309-12
Crowne Hill Elementary507KG-5
Erle Stanley Gardner Middle1,0446-8
French Valley Elementary880KG-5
Great Oak High3,0439-12
Helen Hunt Jackson Elementary484KG-5
Home Instead Innovation Academy340KG-8
James L. Day Middle9306-8
Margarita Middle8256-8
Nicolas Valley Elementary696KG-5
Paloma Elementary524KG-5
Pauba Valley Elementary576KG-5
Rancho Elementary473KG-5
Rancho Vista High2269-12
Red Hawk Elementary565KG-5
Susan H. Nelson3016-12
Susan La Vorgna Elementary810KG-5
Temecula Elementary532KG-5
Temecula Luiseno Elementary774KG-5
Temecula Middle9546-8
Temecula Valley High2,8649-12
Tony Tobin Elementary719KG-5
Tvusd Tk-6 School0
Vail Elementary524KG-5
Vail Ranch Middle8136-8
Vintage Hills Elementary531KG-5
Ysabel Barnett Elementary708KG-5

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ The Press-Enterprise, "Recall election for Temecula school board’s Joseph Komrosky will be in summer," February 21, 2024
    2. ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "June 4, 2024: Temecula Valley Unified School District Trustee Area 4 Special Recall Election," accessed June 20, 2024
    3. ↑ One Temecula Valley Political Action Committee, "Recall," accessed June 16, 2023
    4. ↑ Temecula Valley Unified School District, "Governing Board Members," accessed June 16, 2023
    5. ↑ The San Bernardino Sun, "Signatures turned in to seek recall of one Temecula school board member," December 6, 2023
    6. ↑ KTLA 5, "Temecula school board president faces recall election," January 23, 2024
    7. ↑ The Press Enterprise, "Teachers, others protest Temecula school board meeting after curriculum’s rejection," June 13, 2023
    8. ↑ Politico, "California replaces textbooks canceled by far-right board," July 13, 2023
    9. ↑ EdSource, "Temecula board again votes to reject textbooks, despite warnings from Newsom," July 19, 2023
    10. ↑ NBC News, "California to fine school district $1.5 million for rejecting materials mentioning Harvey Milk," July 19, 2023
    11. ↑ KBPS, "Temecula Valley Unified board unanimously approves previously rejected textbooks," July 24, 2023
    12. ↑ Palm Springs Desert Sun, "Temecula's conservative board may try to fire school district's superintendent. The backstory," June 10, 2023
    13. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    14. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    15. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    16. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    17. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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