Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District, California

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Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District
San Bernardino County, California
District details
Superintendent: Dr. James Q. Hammond
# of school board members: 5 members
Website: Link

Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District is a school district in California that served 22,767 students during the 2013-2014 school year, according to the Education Data Partnership. This district was the 61st-largest by enrollment in the state of California during the 2012-2013 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

About the district

The Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District is located in San Bernardino County, California.

The Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District is located in San Bernardino County in southern California. The county seat is San Bernardino. San Bernardino County was home to 2,128,133 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Demographics

San Bernardino County underperformed compared to California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 18.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31 percent of state residents. The median household income for San Bernardino County was $54,100, compared to $61,489 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 20.4 percent, while it was 16.4 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2015
Race	San Bernardino County (%)	California (%)
White	77.2	72.9
Black or African American	9.5	6.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	2.0	1.7
Asian	7.4	14.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.5	0.5
Two or more races	3.4	3.8
Hispanic or Latino	52.2	38.8

Presidential Voting Pattern, San Bernardino County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	305,109	262,358
2008	315,720	277,408
2004	227,789	289,306
2000	214,749	221,757

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.

Superintendent

This information is updated as we become aware of changes. Please contact us with any updates.

Dr. James Q. Hammond is the superintendent of the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District. He took the position in 2010. He previously worked for the Davis Joint Unified School District. Hammond was one of the highest paid superintendents in California in 2013, making a total of $492,076.92 in salary and benefits.

School board elections

The Ontario-Montclair Board of Trustees consists of five members elected at large to four-year terms.

Ontario-Montclair Board of Trustees
Member	First elected	Term Ends
Samuel Crowe	2008	2018
Michael C. Flores	2014	2018
Sarah Galvez	2016	2020
Elvia M. Rivas	2010	2018
Alfonso Sanchez	2014	2020

This officeholder information was last updated on April 10, 2018. Please contact us with any updates.

Election dates

See also: Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District elections (2014) and Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District elections (2016)

Members of the Ontario-Montclair Board of Trustees are elected at large to four-year terms on a staggered basis every November of even-numbered years. One two-year term and three four-year terms were up for election on November 4, 2014, and two seats were up for election on November 8, 2016.

Public participation in board meetings

The Ontario-Montclair Board of Trustees maintains the following policy regarding public participation in board meetings, which was last updated in April 2007:

“	Public Participation Members of the public are encouraged to attend Board meetings and to address the Board concerning any item on the agenda or within the Board's jurisdiction. So as not to inhibit public participation, persons attending Board meetings shall not be requested to sign in, complete a questionnaire, or otherwise provide their name or other information as a condition of attending the meeting. In order to conduct district business in an orderly and efficient manner, the Board requires that public presentations to the Board comply with the following procedures: 1. The Board shall give members of the public an opportunity to address the Board on any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, either before or during the Board's consideration of the item. (Education Code 35145.5, Government Code 54954.3) 2. At a time so designated on the agenda at a regular meeting, members of the public may bring before the Board matters that are not listed on the agenda. The Board shall take no action or discussion on any item not appearing on the posted agenda, except as authorized by law. (Education Code 35145.5, Government Code 54954.2) 3. Without taking action, Board members or district staff members may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by the public about items not appearing on the agenda. Additionally, on their own initiative or in response to questions posed by the public, a Board or staff member may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on his/her own activities. (Government Code 54954.2) Furthermore, the Board or a Board member may provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, ask staff to report back to the Board at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter. (Government Code 54954.2) A Trustee wanting to place an item on a future agenda will inform the Board president. The president will inform the Superintendent. Once informed, the Superintendent will discuss the item with Cabinet. The Superintendent will communicate Cabinet's input and recommendation to the Trustee. If the Trustee is not satisfied with the result, the Superintendent will present the agenda suggestion to the Board for discussion and direction. 4. The Board need not allow the public to speak on any item that has already been considered by a committee composed exclusively of Board members at a public meeting where the public had the opportunity to address the committee on that item. However, if the Board determines that the item has been substantially changed since the committee heard the item, the Board shall provide an opportunity for the public to speak. (Government Code 54954.3) (cf. 9130 - Board Committees) 5. A person wishing to be heard by the Board shall first be recognized by the president and shall then proceed to comment as briefly as the subject permits. Individual speakers shall be allowed four minutes to address the Board on each agenda or nonagenda item. The Board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 12 minutes. With Board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation, depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. The president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. 6. The Board president may rule on the appropriateness of a topic. If the topic would be more suitably addressed at a later time, the president may indicate the time and place when it should be presented. The Board shall not prohibit public criticism of its policies, procedures, programs, services, acts, or omissions. (Government Code 54954.3) In addition, the Board may not prohibit public criticism of district employees. Whenever a member of the public initiates specific complaints or charges against an employee, the Board president shall inform the complainant that in order to protect the employee's right to adequate notice before a hearing of such complaints and charges, and also to preserve the ability of the Board to legally consider the complaints or charges in any subsequent evaluation of the employee, it is the policy of the Board to hear such complaints or charges in closed session unless otherwise requested by the employee pursuant to Government Code 54957. The Board president shall also encourage the complainant to file a complaint using the appropriate district complaint procedure. (cf. 1312.1 - Complaints Concerning District Employees) (cf. 9321 - Closed Session Purposes and Agendas) 7. The Board president shall not permit any disturbance or willful interruption of Board meetings. Persistent disruption by an individual or group shall be grounds for the president to terminate the privilege of addressing the Board. The Board may remove disruptive individuals and order the room cleared if necessary. In this case, members of the media not participating in the disturbance shall be allowed to remain, and individuals not participating in such disturbances may be allowed to remain at the discretion of the Board. When the room is ordered cleared due to a disturbance, further Board proceedings shall concern only matters appearing on the agenda. (Government Code 54957.9) When such disruptive conduct occurs, the Superintendent or designee shall contact local law enforcement.	”
—Ontario-Montclair Board of Trustees (2007)

Budget

From 1993 to 2013, the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District had an average of $188,369,667 in revenue and $183,860,429 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $25,629,762 in outstanding debt. The district retired $2,070,905 of its debt and issued $3,436,000 in new debt each year on average.

Revenue

The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal.

Revenue by Source
Fiscal Year	Local		State		Federal		Revenue Total
	Total	% of Revenue	Total	% of Revenue	Total	% of Revenue

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1993	$15,431,000	15.93%	$73,210,000	75.58%	$8,227,000	8.49%	$96,868,000
1994	$20,403,000	19.91%	$72,615,000	70.88%	$9,437,000	9.21%	$102,455,000
1995	$23,277,000	20.41%	$80,198,000	70.33%	$10,557,000	9.26%	$114,032,000
1996	$19,334,000	17.23%	$81,690,000	72.81%	$11,168,000	9.95%	$112,192,000
1997	$25,079,000	19.43%	$93,322,000	72.31%	$10,662,000	8.26%	$129,063,000
1998	$22,562,000	14.94%	$115,481,000	76.45%	$13,016,000	8.62%	$151,059,000
1999	$29,955,000	20.54%	$101,438,000	69.56%	$14,429,000	9.89%	$145,822,000
2000	$31,487,000	19.70%	$110,350,000	69.06%	$17,956,000	11.24%	$159,793,000
2001	$32,455,000	17.39%	$135,076,000	72.37%	$19,127,000	10.25%	$186,658,000
2002	$36,364,000	17.67%	$146,664,000	71.27%	$22,760,000	11.06%	$205,788,000
2003	$42,564,000	18.00%	$168,875,000	71.40%	$25,076,000	10.60%	$236,515,000
2004	$42,710,000	20.84%	$134,160,000	65.46%	$28,078,000	13.70%	$204,948,000
2005	$38,995,000	17.02%	$160,530,000	70.08%	$29,555,000	12.90%	$229,080,000
2006	$32,439,000	14.97%	$153,936,000	71.03%	$30,355,000	14.01%	$216,730,000
2007	$38,076,000	11.81%	$251,384,000	77.97%	$32,964,000	10.22%	$322,424,000
2008	$43,904,000	17.97%	$169,143,000	69.23%	$31,261,000	12.80%	$244,308,000
2009	$37,512,000	16.44%	$156,574,000	68.62%	$34,100,000	14.94%	$228,186,000

2010	$39,000,000	18.30%	$141,342,000	66.34%	$32,722,000	15.36%	$213,064,000
2011	$37,338,000	16.62%	$147,572,000	65.69%	$39,743,000	17.69%	$224,653,000
2012	$37,468,000	17.07%	$147,941,000	67.42%	$34,034,000	15.51%	$219,443,000
2013	$38,690,000	18.19%	$145,746,000	68.53%	$28,246,000	13.28%	$212,682,000
Avg.	$32,621,095	17.64%	$132,726,048	70.59%	$23,022,524	11.77%	$188,369,667

Expenditures

The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:

• Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers
• Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff
• Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases)
• Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt
• Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services

Expenditures by Category
Fiscal Year	Instruction		Support Services		Capital Spending		Debt & Gov. Payments		Other		Budget Total
	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget

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1993	$58,118,000	60.79%	$32,490,000	33.98%	$4,684,000	4.90%	$195,000	0.20%	$120,000	0.13%	$95,607,000
1994	$61,631,000	60.01%	$31,869,000	31.03%	$8,948,000	8.71%	$78,000	0.08%	$183,000	0.18%	$102,709,000
1995	$64,093,000	57.54%	$31,327,000	28.13%	$14,860,000	13.34%	$292,000	0.26%	$807,000	0.72%	$111,379,000
1996	$68,178,000	57.96%	$33,947,000	28.86%	$14,520,000	12.34%	$283,000	0.24%	$697,000	0.59%	$117,625,000
1997	$75,293,000	58.43%	$35,999,000	27.94%	$15,663,000	12.16%	$1,160,000	0.90%	$738,000	0.57%	$128,853,000
1998	$83,695,000	57.11%	$41,114,000	28.06%	$21,229,000	14.49%	$0	0.00%	$504,000	0.34%	$146,542,000
1999	$83,971,000	58.13%	$47,017,000	32.55%	$12,410,000	8.59%	$910,000	0.63%	$149,000	0.10%	$144,457,000
2000	$94,678,000	58.61%	$49,154,000	30.43%	$14,258,000	8.83%	$880,000	0.54%	$2,577,000	1.60%	$161,547,000
2001	$112,200,000	59.78%	$61,374,000	32.70%	$11,986,000	6.39%	$868,000	0.46%	$1,266,000	0.67%	$187,694,000
2002	$125,876,000	62.70%	$68,725,000	34.23%	$4,534,000	2.26%	$1,156,000	0.58%	$469,000	0.23%	$200,760,000
2003	$124,955,000	61.01%	$70,212,000	34.28%	$4,799,000	2.34%	$1,898,000	0.93%	$2,953,000	1.44%	$204,817,000
2004	$120,152,000	58.49%	$71,448,000	34.78%	$10,100,000	4.92%	$2,521,000	1.23%	$1,208,000	0.59%	$205,429,000
2005	$121,690,000	58.06%	$73,000,000	34.83%	$11,405,000	5.44%	$1,885,000	0.90%	$1,615,000	0.77%	$209,595,000
2006	$123,873,000	59.56%	$72,918,000	35.06%	$9,511,000	4.57%	$1,458,000	0.70%	$220,000	0.11%	$207,980,000
2007	$137,269,000	50.22%	$78,003,000	28.54%	$56,546,000	20.69%	$902,000	0.33%	$614,000	0.22%	$273,334,000
2008	$132,453,000	52.50%	$77,433,000	30.69%	$40,771,000	16.16%	$1,095,000	0.43%	$543,000	0.22%	$252,295,000
2009	$142,424,000	56.72%	$78,709,000	31.34%	$27,800,000	11.07%	$1,308,000	0.52%	$867,000	0.35%	$251,108,000

2010	$129,523,000	57.66%	$71,775,000	31.95%	$21,261,000	9.47%	$1,516,000	0.67%	$540,000	0.24%	$224,615,000
2011	$129,587,000	61.71%	$67,919,000	32.34%	$9,289,000	4.42%	$2,662,000	1.27%	$532,000	0.25%	$209,989,000
2012	$128,629,000	61.22%	$70,380,000	33.50%	$8,070,000	3.84%	$2,639,000	1.26%	$382,000	0.18%	$210,100,000
2013	$131,465,000	61.25%	$70,804,000	32.99%	$9,346,000	4.35%	$2,614,000	1.22%	$405,000	0.19%	$214,634,000
Avg.	$107,131,095	58.55%	$58,838,905	31.82%	$15,809,048	8.54%	$1,253,333	0.64%	$828,048	0.46%	$183,860,429

Debt

The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.

Debt
Fiscal Year	Retired	Issued	Outstanding

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1993	$0	$0	$0
1994	$0	$0	$0
1995	$0	$0	$0
1996	$0	$0	$0
1997	$88,000	$0	$18,735,000
1998	$0	$0	$0
1999	$495,000	$0	$17,915,000
2000	$540,000	$0	$17,375,000
2001	$0	$0	$17,375,000
2002	$0	$11,325,000	$28,700,000
2003	$145,000	$18,350,000	$46,905,000
2004	$23,245,000	$0	$28,380,000
2005	$935,000	$0	$29,015,000
2006	$1,570,000	$0	$25,875,000
2007	$1,690,000	$0	$24,185,000
2008	$10,125,000	$18,032,000	$32,092,000
2009	$714,000	$0	$32,345,000

2010	$1,354,000	$23,467,000	$54,606,000
2011	$775,000	$0	$55,093,000
2012	$889,000	$473,000	$55,022,000
2013	$924,000	$509,000	$54,607,000
Avg.	$2,070,905	$3,436,000	$25,629,762

Teacher salaries

The Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District employed 1,072 teachers during the 2014-2015 school year. The table below shows the salary schedule negotiated between the district and the Ontario-Montclair Teachers Association for the 2015-2016 school year. Teacher salary schedules are categorized by higher education achievement, professional development and years of service. A teacher with a bachelor's degree can earn a higher salary by pursuing graduate courses and gaining raises at credit intervals. Salary schedules also account for graduate degrees by providing higher starting salaries and greater potential salaries.

Salary structure
Degree level	Minimum salary	Maximum salary
B.A.	$45,153	$57,463
B.A. + 15	$47,636	$65,695
B.A. + 30	$50,256	$80,210
B.A. + 45 or M.A.	$53,020	$87,540
B.A. + 60 or B.A. + 45 with M.A.	$55,937	$92,075
B.A. + 75 or B.A. + 60 with M.A.	$59,014	$96,864

Unions

Teachers in the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District are represented by the Ontario-Montclair Teachers Association. The union was led by the following executive board for the 2015-2016 school year:

Ontario-Montclair Teachers Association Executive Board
Board member	Leadership position
Amy Johnson	President
MaryKay Scheid	1st vice president
Daniel Salcido	2nd vice president
Melody Kelly	Secretary
Erine Ames	Treasurer

Issues

Court rules test scores not required in teacher evaluations

Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barry Goode ruled in September 2016 that the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District, along with 12 other school districts, could not be required to use student test scores in teacher evaluations. Goode's ruling went against a lawsuit filed by the group Students Matter, which sought to mandate the use of student standardized test scores in teacher evaluations. Students Matter argued that the districts' teacher contracts violated California's 1971 Stull Act, which requires school districts to evaluate teachers in a manner related to student performance. Goode concluded that all of the school districts in question were meeting their legal obligations.

“The Legislature endorses many uses of those tests, including evaluating pupils, entire schools and local educational agencies,” Goode wrote in his opinion. “But it does not say the results should be used to evaluate individual teachers.”

Marcellus McRae, who represented the plaintiffs, said he was surprised by the ruling. “If you really think about it, this is such a basic concept that the goal of teaching is for students to learn,” McRae said. “It is, to me, axiomatic that teacher evaluations have to be based at least in part over whether students have learned.”

Students Matter won a similar case in 2012. That lawsuit had been filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the school district was ultimately required to include test scores in its teacher evaluations. In the 2016 case, however, Goode ruled that school districts were allowed to decide how to use test results. “There are serious questions about whether, and the extent to which, a pupil’s standardized test score is ‘reasonably related’ and ‘applicable’ to the performance of a given teacher,” Goode said.

Teachers unions supported Goode's ruling. They argued that standardized test scores overlooked external factors that inhibited student learning, such as poverty.

“Every day teachers across California use a variety of benchmarks, including in-class quizzes, tests, projects, and personal observation to fine-tune their approaches with their students,” said California Federation of Teachers President Joshua Pechthalt. “There is no single method for assessing progress that is ideal or that should be used to the exclusion of all others.”

Contact information

Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District
950 West D St.
Ontario, CA 91762
Phone: (909) 459-2500
Email: info@omsd.net

See also

California	School Board Elections	News and Analysis
List of school districts in California School board elections in California Public education in California	Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District 2014 • 2016	School board election data analysis, 2024 United States school shootings, 1990-present

External links

Suggest a link

• Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District
• Ontario-Montclair Teachers Association
• San Bernardino County, California
• California Department of Education
• California School Boards Association

Footnotes