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Fullerton Joint Union High School District board elects Vicky Calhoun president, approves 2025 schedule
Summary
At its Dec. 17 organizational meeting the Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees elected Dr. Vicky Calhoun as board president, appointed the superintendent as board secretary, elected a clerk, approved the 2025 meeting calendar and advanced several routine nominations; most actions passed unanimously (5-0).
The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees convened its annual organizational meeting on Dec. 17, 2024, and elected Dr. Vicky Calhoun as board president for 2025. The motion to elect Calhoun was put to a vote and passed unanimously, recorded in the meeting as 5–0.
During the same session the board nominated and elected a clerk by preference vote and approved a motion to appoint the superintendent as the board secretary; both motions were approved unanimously (vote recorded 5–0). The board also voted to approve the district’s regular meeting schedule for 2025 and to nominate a Region 15 delegate to the California School Boards Association (CSBA) Delegate Assembly for a two-year term running April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027; those procedural items were carried without recorded opposition.
Superintendent McLaughlin administered the oath of office to Dr. Vicky Calhoun and to Joanne Folly, after which board members exchanged brief remarks recognizing outgoing leadership. The superintendent also noted recent district accomplishments in 2024, including completion of a facilities master plan, updates to board bylaws and policies, passage of a bond measure (Measure L) and authorization of a voluntary early retirement incentive.
Board members conducted routine regional appointments as part of their organizational duties, including elections to the Orange County Committee on School District Organization’s nominating committee for one-year terms and selection of an alternate. All nominations were approved by the board.
The meeting closed with brief remarks of appreciation among board members and a holiday message from the superintendent; the board then adjourned.
Votes and formal actions recorded in the meeting minutes included approval of the agenda (motion passed 5–0), election of the board president (5–0), election of the clerk (5–0), appointment of the superintendent as secretary (5–0), approval of the 2025 regular meeting schedule (5–0), and CSBA delegate nomination (5–0). Where the transcript did not specify which board member moved or seconded a motion, those fields are not specified in district minutes.
