High school recall petitions officially short

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

The effort to recall Diane Summers, president of the Board of Trustees of the Fallbrook Union High School District, was extremely short of the 5,652 required to put it on the ballot. The County Registrar of Voters confirmed last week that only 801 qualified signatures were received by the Sept. 23 deadline.

The recall drive began on May 26 by a group of Fallbrook parents who called their group Reclaim Fallbrook Schools.

Reasons cited by the group for the campaign to replace Summers were a conflict of interest, district math scores not meeting state standards, the policy of limiting public comments but allowing union representatives to speak freely at board meetings, and not addressing declining school enrollment.

A spokesperson said the group will now focus on the election in November 2022 for three board seats. Trustees up for re-election in 2022 are Lita Tabish, Elana Sterling and Summers.