Two conservative members of the Orange Unified School District Board of Education are headed out the door after being recalled by voters in a contentious election that raised questions about when to notify parents if a student asks to use a different name or gender than the one assigned to them at birth.
Although the election has yet to be certified by the Orange County Registrar of Voters, school board trustees Rick Ledesma and Madison Miner are losing their recall elections by well over 3,000 votes each. The recalled trustees represent areas 4 and 7.
With less than 19,000 votes to count in the entire county, the gap appears nearly impossible to make up.
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Ledesma and Miner even gave “goodbye” speeches at a school board meeting earlier this week: “I know I will take great pride in driving around the district and seeing the many, many improvements over my time on this board,” said Ledesma, who’s been on the board for 24 years.
How we got here
The school district and the recall have become focal points in a battle over what should be taught in public schools.
Ledesma and Miner considered themselves part of the self-named parental rights movement and supported a “bill of rights” that reiterates parents’ rights to review curriculum and have their opinions taken into consideration by district leaders. Recall backers saw this agenda…
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