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Presenter: Census spreadsheet error doubled population figures; draft trustee-area maps to be posted March 5
Summary
At a Feb. 19 mapping hearing for Center Joint Unified, a presenter disclosed a transposition error that doubled population and CVAP counts in initial materials, said corrected figures are posted online, and announced draft trustee-area maps will be posted March 5 and discussed at the March 12 board meeting.
A presenter at a Feb. 19 public mapping hearing for Center Joint Unified said a spreadsheet transposition error doubled population counts and citizen voting-age population (CVAP) figures in the district’s initial materials, and that corrected numbers are now posted on the district website.
“In the first one we doubled the population for your area, which doubled the CVAP,” the Presenter said, acknowledging the error and apologizing for the Excel mistake. The Presenter said staff fixed the figures and that the tables and maps now reflect the corrected census numbers.
The correction matters for how the district draws trustee areas, the Presenter said. He reviewed…
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