2017 Bond Project Schedule

• 1 Vacant seat:
  • One member is active in a senior citizens' organization.
• 1 Vacant seat:
  • One member Parent and Active in a School Organization, such as the PTA or school site council
• 1 Upcoming Vacant seat March 23
  • One member is active in a business organization.

If you are interested in joining the Citizens' Oversight Committee, please return your completed application by USPS addressed to: SVUSD Business Department 17850 Railroad Ave. Sonoma, CA 95476 or email: mludlow@sonomaschools.org 

Application / Aplicacion

Eligibility Restrictions.

The following persons are not eligible to serve on the Committee: Educ. Code §15282(b).

1. Any employee of the District.

2. Any official of the District.

3. Any vendor, contractor or consultant of the District

Duties of the committee include ensuring that bond revenues are expended only for:

• the construction
• reconstruction
• rehabilitation
• or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of school facilities
• or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities.

The committee must ensure that no funds are used for any:

• teacher or administrative salaries or other school operation expenses.

Measure H was approved by at least 55% of the voters of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District School District. The Board of Trustees was required to appoint a Citizens’ Oversight Committee after the successful bond election.

The primary charge of the Oversight Committee is to inform the public about the expenditure of bond revenues and to ensure these revenues are spent for the purposes described in Measure E and H. We have attached a copy of the Measure E and H text to this page.

The Citizens’ Oversight Committee is required to have representatives from the following: 

• One member active in a business organization representing the business community located within the District. Vacant - April 2023
• One member active in a senior citizens’ organization. Vacant - current
• One member active in a bona fide taxpayers’ organization.
• One member who is the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the District.
• One member who is the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the District and who is active in a parent-teacher organization, such as the PTA or school site council.Vacant - current
• Two other members, selected from the public at large.

To reach members of the Oversight Committee, please call 707-935-4249 or email mludlow@sonomaschools.org

• Christee Rowlands, Secretary - Parent of a SVUSD Student 
• Jamie Storck, President - Business Organization 
• James P Hagstrom, Representative - Bona Fide Taxpayers' Organization 
• Daniel Dwyer - At-Large Community Member 
• Shawn Martin - At-Large Community Member 
• Vacant - Senior Citizens' Organization 
• Vacant - Parent and Active in a School Organization, such as the PTA or school site council