Marilyn Buchi

Marilyn Buchi backed creating a combined citizen oversight committee for Fullerton Joint Union High School District's Measures I and L. The resolution passed 5–0. It set membership at seven to eleven people and appointed six initial members, leaving a parent-group seat open. She also backed the original Measure I oversight committee resolution in December 2014, which passed 5–0. The combined committee reviews bond spending; the district board retains construction and borrowing decisions.

February 11, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's public construction accounting and informal bidding resolutions, each passing 7–0. She moved approval of the accounting resolution. The rules establish contractor lists and bid notices and delegate qualifying contract awards to the superintendent. March motions postponed action; final approval came in April.

April 8, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP purchasing, payment, and revolving-fund policies, each passing 7–0. They require spending records, board review, and separate purchasing, receiving, and payment duties. They ban alcohol purchases and unauthorized spending. Recycled products receive preference when price, quality, and fitness are equal. Open purchase orders must limit amounts, authorized users, items, and duration. Revolving funds require controls and regular reports.

August 14, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP superintendent contract and evaluation policies, each passing 7–0. They require final contract approval at public regular meetings, with oral pay summaries and public access. New contract settlements are limited to 12 months under the stated rules. The policies restrict payments for illegal financial practices and require repayment after certain abuse-of-office convictions. Annual evaluations combine board members' views into one assessment.

May 8, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

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Marilyn Buchi moved placing Fullerton Joint Union High School District's $284 million Measure L bond on the ballot. The resolution passed 4–1. It authorized proposed school repairs, classroom and career facilities, safety work, and other listed projects. Voters later approved the bond with 57.49% support. The vote authorized borrowing and projects, rather than proving that buildings were completed. In April 2019, she criticized a $60,000 bond study presented without prior discussion. She later requested specific project details for the Measure K proposal. Voters rejected Measure K in March 2020. In January 2025, she called for clear public updates on bond projects.

July 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's repeated WorkAbility grants. The latest recorded approval passed 7–0 for a $299,100 grant. The program supports job preparation for special-education students ages 14–22 in three districts. Services include career counseling, workplace skills, and supported work opportunities. The earlier 2017–18 grant was $300,115.

February 9, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's pension trust and later funding transfers. The initial $1 million approval passed 6–0 in July 2020. Two later $3 million transfers each passed 7–0 during 2021. The approvals totaled $7 million for future pension costs. The trust limits use to pensions and charges an asset fee. The votes establish authorization, rather than proof of deposits or investment gains.

December 8, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi moved North Orange County ROP's 5.5% employee pay increase in August 2019, which passed. Trustees were removed from that proposal before approval. She backed a 1.5% one-time employee payment in November 2020, which passed 7–0. In December 2021, she backed $3,500 retention and $1,500 recruitment payments, each passing 7–0. Eligibility depended on employment dates and paid status. Substitutes and student workers were excluded. A separate August 2019 substitute schedule set $130 full-day and $65 half-day pay. Longer assignments received higher rates.

December 8, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP adult student outreach and workforce support agreements. She moved the May 2020 increase to a $757,270 reimbursement cap, which passed 7–0. Earlier approval covered $412,460. She later backed $312,000 in marketing and outreach support in June 2021, passing 6–0. An October agreement for outreach and data work totaled $43,289 and passed 7–0. These agreements covered different periods and services; their amounts do not show total funds received.

October 13, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's federal career-education grants and later Perkins consortium agreements. The final 2021–22 agreement passed 7–0. The consortium combines adult education providers to meet the minimum grant threshold. Its 2021–22 allocation was $153,206 for all members, rather than ROP alone. Earlier approvals included a preliminary $55,360 allocation and the 2020–21 consortium.

October 13, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP Strong Workforce pathway improvement agreements. The July 2020 agreement passed 6–0 with a reimbursement cap of $1,628,379. The July 2021 third-round agreement passed 6–0 with a $143,335 cap. The money supported career pathways and related program work. Payment depended on contract terms and performance, rather than approval alone.

July 14, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP career-guidance agreements, including a 2019 plan that reduced district reimbursements. She moved that plan, which passed 7–0. Payments fell to 75%, then 50%, of the earlier amount, then $1,250 per class section. She later backed the 2021–22 renewal, which passed 6–0. It projected $568,500 in costs, $448,254 below the prior year. The changes reduced funding without eliminating all guidance services.

June 9, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP annual budgets in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The votes passed 5–0, 7–0, 6–0, and 6–0, respectively. The 2021–22 plan projected $19.72 million in spending and $18.88 million in revenue. Reserves covered a planned $844,085 gap. These figures describe the approved plan, rather than final spending.

June 9, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP staff reductions during 2017–21. The 2017–18 votes cut office, preschool, and administrative assistant positions, each passing 7–0. The June 2020 resolution cut several program and support positions and passed 6–0. An August vote shortened a job-placement position's work year and passed 7–0. The April 2021 vote reduced an adult education specialist position and three job-placement work years. It passed 5–2, with Buchi voting yes and Jabbar and Randle-Trejo voting no.

April 14, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP career-education incentive grant agreements with participating school districts in 2019 and 2020. She also backed receipt of a $519,332.94 grant in July 2019. The approvals supported new or stronger school career programs and required program quality standards. The grant receipt vote passed 7–0. These are program funding actions, rather than proof of later student results.

February 12, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's adult-education classroom expansion agreement, which passed 7–0. It authorized reimbursement up to $138,239.08 for nursing, patient care, other career classrooms, and a career learning center. Approval permitted the program and funding; it did not establish that construction was finished.

June 5, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's full and fair school funding resolution, which passed 7–0. It urged California to reach national average per-student funding by 2020 and top-ten funding levels by 2025. The resolution requested state action; it did not award funds.

May 9, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi publicly backed school lunches covering their costs without taking money from teaching or textbooks.

September 5, 2000Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP adult-student boundaries rules, which passed 7–0. They ban sexual or romantic relationships with students and restrict private contact, home visits, and disappearing messages. Employees must report suspected violations. The policy protects reporters from retaliation and allows discipline.

May 12, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP confidentiality rules, which passed 7–0. They restrict improper release of student, employee, and closed-session information. They protect confidential complaints to prosecutors or grand juries and statements about unlawful board actions. Careless disclosure can restrict access to records; deliberate violations can bring discipline.

June 5, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP meeting rules in April and May 2019, each passing 7–0. She moved final approval of meeting conduct rules. The rules protect public criticism and recording, require public notices, and ban private serial discussions. Public comments generally receive three minutes per speaker and 20 minutes per item. Translation receives extra time. Closed-session decisions require public reports within legal limits.

May 8, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Marilyn Buchi expressed frustration that Fullerton Joint Union High School District test scores showed little improvement over several years. Original reporting recorded her response during the October 14, 2025 board meeting. It does not establish a new testing policy or individual responsibility for district scores.

October 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi moved placing Fullerton Joint Union High School District's $284 million Measure L bond on the ballot. The resolution passed 4–1. It authorized proposed school repairs, classroom and career facilities, safety work, and other listed projects. Voters later approved the bond with 57.49% support. The vote authorized borrowing and projects, rather than proving that buildings were completed. In April 2019, she criticized a $60,000 bond study presented without prior discussion. She later requested specific project details for the Measure K proposal. Voters rejected Measure K in March 2020. In January 2025, she called for clear public updates on bond projects.

July 23, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's repeated WorkAbility grants. The latest recorded approval passed 7–0 for a $299,100 grant. The program supports job preparation for special-education students ages 14–22 in three districts. Services include career counseling, workplace skills, and supported work opportunities. The earlier 2017–18 grant was $300,115.

February 9, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP career courses with Fullerton School District. Initial 2021 programs offered Wednesday presentations and summer classes for younger students, each passing 7–0. In February 2022, she moved approval of a four-week after-school program, which passed 7–0. The agreement covered three teachers, three career pathways, and twice-weekly classes. The approval establishes the partnership, rather than proof of later student gains.

February 9, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's workforce training agreements with South Bay and Santa Ana, each passing 7–0. The South Bay agreement allowed eligible students to use public job-training tuition support. She seconded Santa Ana's agreement in February 2022. It selected ROP as a qualified training provider, with payments based on authorized services. Santa Ana's overall $2 million contractor pool was not an award of $2 million to ROP.

February 9, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP Strong Workforce pathway coordinator agreements. She moved the initial $125,000 approval, which passed 7–0 in May 2020. September votes reduced that agreement's cap to $100,000 and separately approved a $125,000 second-year agreement. Both passed 7–0; she seconded the second-year agreement. The third-year $130,000 agreement passed 7–0 in December 2021. These amounts are reimbursement caps, rather than proof of money received.

December 8, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's University Lab Partners medical innovation courses during 2020–22. The partnership used industry panels, facilities, and ROP teachers to teach research and business skills. Earlier eight-week courses passed 7–0. A two-week summer course with a $6,000 fee passed 6–0 in June 2021. She later backed spring and summer 2022 courses, approved 7–0 in November.

November 10, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed new North Orange County ROP career courses in 2018 and 2019. They covered criminal investigation, internships, teaching students with special needs, graphic design, construction, game art, multimedia, and community health. The June 2018 approvals passed 5–0; August 2018 and September 2019 approvals passed 7–0. She later backed updated Digital Print I and II courses in October 2021, passing 7–0.

October 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP adult student outreach and workforce support agreements. She moved the May 2020 increase to a $757,270 reimbursement cap, which passed 7–0. Earlier approval covered $412,460. She later backed $312,000 in marketing and outreach support in June 2021, passing 6–0. An October agreement for outreach and data work totaled $43,289 and passed 7–0. These agreements covered different periods and services; their amounts do not show total funds received.

October 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP instructional employee evaluation rules, which passed 7–0. The policy uses student progress, teaching, course content, and the learning environment to assess staff. It requires consistent ratings, growth support, and employee and supervisor signatures.

October 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's federal career-education grants and later Perkins consortium agreements. The final 2021–22 agreement passed 7–0. The consortium combines adult education providers to meet the minimum grant threshold. Its 2021–22 allocation was $153,206 for all members, rather than ROP alone. Earlier approvals included a preliminary $55,360 allocation and the 2020–21 consortium.

October 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi requested separate consideration of North Orange County ROP electric vehicle teaching kits. She then backed the $255,368.40 purchase for six automotive pathways, which passed 6–0. It included buildable electric vehicle kits, course materials, and four days of teacher training. The approval funded instruction for electric vehicle work, rather than a fleet purchase.

July 14, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP Strong Workforce pathway improvement agreements. The July 2020 agreement passed 6–0 with a reimbursement cap of $1,628,379. The July 2021 third-round agreement passed 6–0 with a $143,335 cap. The money supported career pathways and related program work. Payment depended on contract terms and performance, rather than approval alone.

July 14, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP career-guidance agreements, including a 2019 plan that reduced district reimbursements. She moved that plan, which passed 7–0. Payments fell to 75%, then 50%, of the earlier amount, then $1,250 per class section. She later backed the 2021–22 renewal, which passed 6–0. It projected $568,500 in costs, $448,254 below the prior year. The changes reduced funding without eliminating all guidance services.

June 9, 2021Opposes Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's teacher recruitment partnership with Fullerton Secondary Teachers Organization, which passed 6–0. The program sought future teachers from historically diverse groups. It authorized student activities, advisors, career exposure, and $3,500 in advisor stipends. The union held the grant; ROP served as its contractor. This agreement was a teaching program, separately from a labor pay contract.

June 9, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP annual budgets in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The votes passed 5–0, 7–0, 6–0, and 6–0, respectively. The 2021–22 plan projected $19.72 million in spending and $18.88 million in revenue. Reserves covered a planned $844,085 gap. These figures describe the approved plan, rather than final spending.

June 9, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's career-education coalition agreements in 2018, 2020, and 2021, each passing 6–0. The coalition pays for state policy advocacy supporting career education and direct funding for joint-powers programs. The initial 18-month fee was $6,535.71; later annual fees were $4,500. In February 2020, she also seconded a $5,000 Orange County Business Council membership, which passed 7–0.

June 9, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's three-year Transeo learning platform agreement, which passed 7–0. The approved $106,442.88 contract designated Strong Workforce funding. It supports work placements, skill records, portfolios, and job connections. The platform includes location check-in features. The contract requires lawful data sharing and parental or eligible student consent for supplied student data. It does not establish mandatory location tracking for every student.

May 12, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP staff reductions during 2017–21. The 2017–18 votes cut office, preschool, and administrative assistant positions, each passing 7–0. The June 2020 resolution cut several program and support positions and passed 6–0. An August vote shortened a job-placement position's work year and passed 7–0. The April 2021 vote reduced an adult education specialist position and three job-placement work years. It passed 5–2, with Buchi voting yes and Jabbar and Randle-Trejo voting no.

April 14, 2021Opposes Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's Healthy Smiles training partnership in December 2020, which passed 7–0. In March 2021, she backed a local zoning exemption for its dental trailer, also passing 7–0. The trailer supported clinical training at Trident Education Center. Approval of the partnership and site use does not make later patient care her personal achievement.

March 10, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's Smarthinking online tutoring agreement, which passed 7–0 in October 2020. The service offered adult students tutoring around the clock during 2020–22. She also backed $7,900 in related adult-education funding, approved 7–0 in December.

December 9, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP nursing instructor pay schedules in 2019 and 2020, each passing 7–0. The stated purpose was to compete with industry pay and retain teachers. The 2020 attachment raised the vocational nursing director stipend from $3,000 to $4,000 annually. The schedules set pay by nursing credentials and education. Other routine salary-table updates changed job listings and placement information.

October 14, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP career training and job counseling for youth in county probation programs. The final August 2019 agreement allowed up to $717,700 for one year, after a two-year proposal was shortened. It covered classroom skills, work experience, and help finding jobs. She later backed the July 2020 renewal, approved through consent, with a $497,239 limit. Contract safeguards included staff background checks and protection of justice records.

July 8, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's free WE Schools agreement for 2020–23, approved through consent. It provided service-learning lessons, teacher training, speakers, and resources on local and global issues. Topics included well-being, trauma, and social justice. Publishing student images or work required consent.

July 8, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP career-education incentive grant agreements with participating school districts in 2019 and 2020. She also backed receipt of a $519,332.94 grant in July 2019. The approvals supported new or stronger school career programs and required program quality standards. The grant receipt vote passed 7–0. These are program funding actions, rather than proof of later student results.

February 12, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's adult-education classroom expansion agreement, which passed 7–0. It authorized reimbursement up to $138,239.08 for nursing, patient care, other career classrooms, and a career learning center. Approval permitted the program and funding; it did not establish that construction was finished.

June 5, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi moved North Orange County ROP's accreditation action plan, which passed 7–0. The plan set processes for reviewing career pathways, supporting teachers, expanding business-based learning, and reporting student results. The vote adopted the plan; it did not prove that every goal was reached.

June 5, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi moved renewal of North Orange County ROP's teacher credential support agreement with San Diego County, passing 7–0. It covered adult and career-education teachers through June 2023. ROP agreed to provide trained mentors, supervision, and support for beginning teachers. The agreement concerned teacher preparation, rather than Buchi's own professional license.

January 9, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP adult-education technology and course-design agreements, which passed 7–0. One authorized reimbursement up to $112,040 for updated software and technology. Another capped support for course designers at $21,541. ROP had to pay costs first and document them before reimbursement.

October 10, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's full and fair school funding resolution, which passed 7–0. It urged California to reach national average per-student funding by 2020 and top-ten funding levels by 2025. The resolution requested state action; it did not award funds.

May 9, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's three-year Transeo learning platform agreement, which passed 7–0. The approved $106,442.88 contract designated Strong Workforce funding. It supports work placements, skill records, portfolios, and job connections. The platform includes location check-in features. The contract requires lawful data sharing and parental or eligible student consent for supplied student data. It does not establish mandatory location tracking for every student.

May 12, 2021Supports Data Privacy

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP records and contract policies, each passing 7–0. They require secure records storage, lawful retention, and preservation during lawsuits. They require notice after certain breaches of personal information. Contracts remain open to public inspection unless law protects them. The policies permit approved contracts for student records and online learning services.

March 10, 2021Supports Data Privacy

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's Cal-PASS Plus data agreement, which passed 7–0. It permits sharing student academic records to study education paths and results. Public research reports must use group data without identifying students. The agreement requires restricted access, secure transfers, and breach reporting within 24 hours.

December 9, 2020Supports Data Privacy

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Marilyn Buchi voted for North Orange County ROP employee technology rules, which passed 7–0. The rules allow lawful monitoring without advance notice and warn employees against expecting privacy. Work messages on personal devices may become public records. Internet filters remain required, with an exception for adults doing lawful research. Technology use must primarily serve ROP work.

June 5, 2019Opposes Data Privacy

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP confidentiality rules, which passed 7–0. They restrict improper release of student, employee, and closed-session information. They protect confidential complaints to prosecutors or grand juries and statements about unlawful board actions. Careless disclosure can restrict access to records; deliberate violations can bring discipline.

June 5, 2019Supports Data Privacy

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi publicly opposed charter schools in her district in 2018 and again at a 2026 candidate forum. She said public money belonged in public education. The 2018 interview also recorded her support for students regardless of immigration status. These are her published positions, rather than verified votes denying a charter. She also publicly opposed fixed term limits, describing elections as the way to end board service.

October 2, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP employee infection policies during 2021. June's vote passed 6–0; August's and October's votes passed 7–0. The policies cover disease reporting, outbreak staffing, and disability accommodations. They require exposure training and offer hepatitis B vaccination to workers facing blood exposure. Employees must use infection precautions and report exposures.

October 13, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP discrimination, harassment, and complaint policies in 2018, 2019, and 2021. Each final vote passed 7–0. The 2021 package protects students and employees, limits immigration-status inquiries, and bars forced waivers of workplace claims. It provides complaint routes, private records, support for both sides, and protection from retaliation. She voted for barring mediation in sexual assault complaints. August 2018 records mark earlier motions failed but provide no individual votes.

February 10, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP hiring rules, which passed 7–0. They require fair selection based on job skills and qualifications. They bar salary-history questions, improper personal inquiries, and discrimination in hiring.

May 13, 2020Supports Civil Rights

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Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP leave, break, and lactation rules in 2017 and 2018. The final votes passed 7–0. The 2017 rules made paid personal leave subject to approval and shifted unpaid meal breaks to workdays over five hours. Paid rest breaks stayed. The 2018 policies cover family, medical, military, and other leave. Nursing employees receive reasonable breaks and private space outside restrooms. Some extra breaks for hourly workers remain unpaid. Retaliation is barred.

October 10, 2018Supports Civil Rights

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Marilyn Buchi moved placing Fullerton Joint Union High School District's $284 million Measure L bond on the ballot. The resolution passed 4–1. It authorized proposed school repairs, classroom and career facilities, safety work, and other listed projects. Voters later approved the bond with 57.49% support. The vote authorized borrowing and projects, rather than proving that buildings were completed. In April 2019, she criticized a $60,000 bond study presented without prior discussion. She later requested specific project details for the Measure K proposal. Voters rejected Measure K in March 2020. In January 2025, she called for clear public updates on bond projects.

July 23, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Reform California recommended Marilyn Buchi for Fullerton Joint Union High School District Trustee Area 5 in its 2026 county guide. The issuer's guide was verified on November 1, 2026. That date reflects the live document version; an earlier publication day was not provided.

November 1, 2026

Source: reformcalifornia.org

California School Boards Association publications listed Marilyn Buchi as a Region 15 Golden Bell validator in 2022 and 2024. The program used school visits or online reviews to check education programs. The lists were verified on November 1, 2026. This credits her review role, rather than the results of programs receiving awards.

November 1, 2026

Source: publications.csba.org

Fullerton Joint Union High School District's biography lists Marilyn Buchi as a trustee since 1983 and current board president. It also documents past Orange County School Boards Association leadership and service on state school-accountability and exit-exam advisory panels. The biography was verified on November 1, 2026; dates for those advisory roles remain unclear.

November 1, 2026

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A May 2019 League of Women Voters of North Orange County newsletter thanked Marilyn Buchi for years as treasurer. The newsletter was verified on November 1, 2026. Its exact publication day remains unknown; this does not establish a current treasurer role.

November 1, 2026

Source: my.lwv.org

Jennifer Horn recommended Marilyn Buchi for Fullerton Joint Union High School District Trustee Area 5 in her 2026 guide. The guide was published October 5, 2026. It identifies the choices as Horn's personal recommendations, rather than Salem Media's official positions.

October 5, 2026

Source: am590theanswer.com

Marilyn Buchi moved approval of Ocean View School District's Map 2 trustee-area election plan. Orange County's school district organization committee approved it 8–2. Johnson and Reta opposed it. The plan scheduled areas 2, 4, and 5 for 2026 elections, and areas 1 and 3 for 2028.

February 18, 2026

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Marilyn Buchi backed hiring outside conflict counsel for Orange County's school district organization committee in April 2025, passing 10–0. In October, she backed an ethical-wall resolution, also passing 10–0. It preserved the committee's control over conflict waivers and legal counsel. These actions addressed the public body's independent legal advice, rather than a finding of misconduct by Buchi.

October 29, 2025

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Original tax filings list Marilyn Buchi as an Assistance League of Fullerton director during 2013–15. They list strategic planning work in 2018–19, secretary service in 2019–21, and public relations work in 2021–22. Publicity roles appear in 2022–24. The filings report no compensation for her listed roles. The 2023–24 filing was signed January 27, 2025. Congress had recognized her League involvement in 2001.

January 27, 2025

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Marilyn Buchi criticized California's arts-funding requirements and called for checking whether new staff and classes matched district needs. Her comments concerned Proposition 28 during the January 14, 2025 board meeting. She also said the district's arts program leader reassured her.

January 14, 2025

Source: fullertonobserver.com

Marilyn Buchi argued that proposed Orange County school district organization committee civility rules were excessive. She favored a simpler, less restrictive version. The committee directed staff to streamline the proposal. The minutes show her completed advocacy, rather than adoption of the proposed rules.

October 30, 2024

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Marilyn Buchi backed rejecting the Lomas Laguna transfer from Saddleback Valley Unified to Capistrano Unified, passing 9–0. She backed findings on sufficient students, fair property division, and no new state costs, each passing 9–0. She opposed meeting the community ties test; that finding passed 7–2. She opposed finding that the transfer avoided racial or ethnic segregation. That finding failed 2–7. She backed the finding of no harm to education programs; it failed 4–5. She backed findings on acceptable building costs and local finances, each passing 8–1. She also backed finding that raising property values was not the main purpose, passing 8–1. She moved the findings on student numbers, building costs, property values, and finances. She backed an exemption from environmental review, passing 9–0. The failed findings on race and education programs supported rejection.

July 31, 2024

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Marilyn Buchi seconded Huntington Beach Union High School District's trustee-area election plan. Orange County's school district organization committee approved it 8–0. The change established area-based elections.

November 2, 2023

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During a March 14, 2023 policy review, Marilyn Buchi raised concerns about parent permission for emergency medication. Her comments included EpiPens and Narcan. The superintendent agreed to review the wording before another reading. This was a first reading, rather than final adoption of a medication rule.

March 14, 2023

Source: fullertonobserver.com

Marilyn Buchi backed Savanna School District's Plan 3 trustee-area election map. Orange County's school district organization committee approved it 9–0. The change replaced districtwide elections with elections by trustee area.

April 19, 2022

Source: resources.finalsite.net

Marilyn Buchi asked for confirmation of prior administrative approval for ethnic studies course materials. Her comments came during the April 12, 2022 course review. The request concerned resource oversight, rather than a vote against the course.

April 12, 2022

Source: fullertonobserver.com

Marilyn Buchi cast the only vote against Santa Ana Unified's Scenario 4 trustee-area map. Orange County's school district organization committee approved it 8–1. She also joined a 9–0 vote to seek legal review concerning the committee's redistricting authority. The dispute involved the public body's powers, rather than a personal finding against Buchi.

February 24, 2022

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Marilyn Buchi opposed Orange County education board redistricting Map 9B V2. It passed 8–2; Scinto also voted no. Earlier, she opposed delaying the process, a motion that passed 7–2 in December 2021. She then backed expanded review of several maps in January. Her later vote against the final map remained distinct from support for reviewing options.

January 27, 2022

Source: resources.finalsite.net

Marilyn Buchi backed Orange County's school district organization committee emergency remote-meeting resolution, which passed 10–0. It authorized meetings under pandemic emergency rules while retaining public participation procedures.

January 14, 2022

Source: resources.finalsite.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's seven-year property lease to ADT, which passed 7–0. It covers 16,656 square feet of office and warehouse space during 2022–28. The first six months are rent-free. Monthly rent then starts at $21,652.80 and rises over time. This is a property lease, rather than a school security purchase.

October 13, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP temporary light-duty rules, which passed 7–0. Employees may request work that fits medical limits when suitable work exists. Placements normally begin with 30 days and generally last up to 90 days, with a possible extension. Refusing suitable work may affect workers' compensation benefits.

October 13, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi voted against a North Orange County ROP trustee pay increase of up to 5% in June 2020. It failed 0–6. In June 2021, she backed postponing another proposal of up to 5%. In September, she backed a 2% increase that failed 3–3. Freeman and Randle-Trejo also voted yes; Cutuli, Jabbar, and Jeng voted no. Lyons was absent. None of these votes approved a trustee raise.

September 8, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP executive contracts during 2019–21. Giamarino's approved annual base pay rose from $165,000 in 2019 to $178,637 in 2020. In July 2021, Buchi backed 3% increases and contract terms through June 2024, each passing 6–0. Annual base pay became $183,996 for Giamarino, $159,650 for Lynch, and $149,350 for Owen. These contracts concern top administrators, separately from employee-wide pay approvals.

July 14, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's equipment inventory policy, which passed 6–0. The new policy generally tracks equipment worth over $500 and qualifying grant-funded equipment costing at least $500. It requires asset details, labels, location updates, and investigation of missing items. Physical checks occur at least every two years. The replaced policy used a $200 equipment definition and annual checks.

June 9, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi seconded North Orange County ROP's revised joint-powers agreement in June 2019, which passed 7–0. It set member-district payments by class section, with funded cost-of-living changes. It ended earlier adult attendance funding and required notice of class-section reductions. She backed revised funding schedules in 2020 and 2021, each passing 6–0. The 2021 schedule projected Fullerton's 101 sections at $26,276 each. Fee-based adult and out-of-district classes remained permitted.

June 9, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's temporary adult education specialist agreement in February 2019, passing 6–0. It allowed up to $137,211 in reimbursement for an 18-month support position. Its work covered course development, career pathways, and student outreach. In April 2021, she backed reducing an adult education specialist position to half time. That reduction passed 5–2; Jabbar and Randle-Trejo opposed it.

April 14, 2021

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi served as North Orange County ROP board president in 2017. Trustees elected her vice president and clerk in December 2019, by a 6–0 vote. In December 2020, they elected her president for 2021, by a 7–0 vote.

December 9, 2020

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi said conversations with younger relatives moved her to support removing Plummer's name from the district auditorium. She described being conflicted before those talks. Her public explanation cited her granddaughter's objection to honoring someone with reported Ku Klux Klan links. This followed the board's earlier decision to keep the name.

June 16, 2020

Source: fullertonobserver.com

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP adult-education data and reporting agreements in 2019 and 2020. The May 2020 amendment passed 7–0 and set a $322,236 reimbursement cap through June 2021. It supported data collection and program reporting. Earlier sources give conflicting prior amounts, so those figures are not used here.

May 13, 2020

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi seconded North Orange County ROP's final lease to Orange County Probation, which passed 7–0. The 15-year lease covered 20,290 square feet for a youth reporting center. Its services include required schooling, counseling, and recreation for youth under probation supervision. The lease set initial rent at $27,392 monthly, with annual increases and a first-year construction credit. The agreement includes renewal options and a later termination option.

May 13, 2020

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's emergency COVID response resolution, which passed 7–0. It authorized the superintendent to close or move programs and take emergency steps. It allowed emergency contracts without bidding, subject to county approval. It also authorized paid illness or quarantine leave without charging workers' leave balances.

March 17, 2020

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP travel reimbursement changes in 2018 and 2019, each passing 7–0. The 2018 change raised the daily meal cap from $50 to $60. The 2019 policy tied meals to federal limits and required approval and expense records. It barred reimbursement for personal costs, alcohol, and tips. Personal charges on ROP credit cards were forbidden even when employees planned to repay them.

August 14, 2019

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's annual workplace injury and illness prevention plans in 2018 and 2019. The plans require hazard inspections, worker training, accident investigations, and correction of unsafe conditions. A safety committee includes management, classified workers, and teachers. Serious workplace injuries require prompt reporting. These approvals establish safety procedures, rather than proof that no injuries occurred.

July 10, 2019

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi voted for North Orange County ROP employee conduct rules, which passed 7–0. She voted for bans on threats, child abuse, sexual misconduct, theft, and political or commercial resource use. Employees must report misconduct promptly. The rules protect people who report problems from retaliation.

June 5, 2019

Source: agendaonline.net

The Fullerton Observer recommended Marilyn Buchi for the high school district board in its 2014 election guide. Its 2018 guide listed Bridget Vornholt first for Area 5 and named Buchi as an option for conservative voters. That qualified choice was not an unqualified endorsement. The saved 2018 document version is dated February 3, 2019.

February 3, 2019

Source: fullertonobserver.com

Marilyn Buchi backed North Orange County ROP's revised admissions policy, which passed 7–0. It removed earlier open-entry, first-come, and out-of-region equal-privilege wording. Later joint-powers terms still permitted fee-based education for adults and students outside member districts.

October 10, 2018

Source: agendaonline.net

Marilyn Buchi served as president of the North Orange County ROP facilities financing corporation in May 2017. The minutes list her as a member again in 2018 and 2019. Those meetings show no substantive financing action beyond approving minutes.

May 10, 2017

Source: agendaonline.net

A university archive summarizes Marilyn Buchi's October 21, 2015 oral-history interview. It reports attendance at Sacred Heart High School in Los Angeles and mathematics studies at Immaculate Heart College. It also records her work at Standard Oil. Her district biography separately reports a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

October 21, 2015

Source: coph.fullerton.edu

A university archive's summary of Marilyn Buchi's October 2015 interview records involvement with Hermosa School's PTA. It documents past leadership in the La Habra PTA Council and participation in California Women Lead. The summary discusses that group's work preparing women for public leadership. It does not establish a dated state-board appointment for Buchi.

October 21, 2015

Source: coph.fullerton.edu

Marilyn Buchi backed Fullerton Joint Union High School District's participation in the California Energy Commission's Bright Schools Program. The resolution passed through a 5–0 consent vote. It authorized district staff to carry out participation documents. The minutes do not show an energy grant award or completed construction.

October 22, 2013

Source: fullerton.ss8.sharpschool.com

Marilyn Buchi backed Fullerton Joint Union High School District's revised search and seizure policy, which passed 5–0. The minutes corrected one wording error before adoption. The operative policy text remains unavailable, so its search powers are not described here.

April 3, 2012

Source: fullerton.ss8.sharpschool.com

Marilyn Buchi backed Fullerton Joint Union High School District's mobile technology policy, which passed 5–0. Its related rules allowed teacher-approved classroom use and required permission for recordings. They required internet filtering and monitoring and permitted device searches based on reasonable cause of a violation. The rules addressed online harassment while preserving legally protected speech. They did not impose a blanket student phone ban. In a 2026 interview, she backed letting teachers decide classroom phone use.

April 3, 2012

Source: fullerton.ss8.sharpschool.com

A California School Boards Association publication credits Marilyn Buchi as its 2005 Council on the Condition of Children chair. The publication acknowledges the council's feedback on preschool education. Its saved document version is dated April 3, 2008. The role was within a professional association.

April 3, 2008

Source: csba.org

A California School Boards Association guide credits Marilyn Buchi as a member of its 2005–06 High School Reform Task Force. The guide presents advice for school improvement. Its saved document version is dated August 10, 2007. This credits advisory work, rather than proving that schools adopted every recommendation.

August 10, 2007

Source: csba.org

Marilyn Buchi said the board had concluded Ann Long's editor-removal dispute, despite civil rights groups' request for reinstatement.

March 8, 2005

Source: latimes.com

A November 6, 2001 Congressional tribute reported Marilyn Buchi's involvement with several community groups. It named the American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters, National Assistance League, and American Heart Association. It did not give exact service dates or establish every claimed officer title. A 1991 education report listed her as the AAUW contact for a ROP partnership supporting girls in technical careers.

November 6, 2001

Source: congress.gov

A November 6, 2001 Congressional tribute identified Marilyn Buchi as California School Boards Association president for 2001. Original 1997 reporting documented her selection as the association's Region 15 director. The association's current leadership page also lists her as a past president and delegate at large. These are association roles, separately from her government office.

November 6, 2001

Source: congress.gov

Marilyn Buchi publicly backed Proposition 26 to lower the vote threshold for local school bonds. Voters rejected it in March 2000.

February 23, 2000

Source: latimes.com

Irvine Unified School District's board backed Marilyn Buchi for the California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly in May 1993. It ratified ballots for her and five others. The minutes report approval without a tally. This concerned a professional association election, rather than Buchi serving on Irvine's board.

May 18, 1993

Source: iusd.org

Marilyn Buchi said widespread community opposition made a proposed school assessment unwise.

July 31, 1991

Source: latimes.com