A vacancy on the Mendocino County Office of Education Governing Board was created by Larry Olson’s resignation, effective January 29, 2025, for Trustee Area 2. On March 20, 2025, the Board of Education unanimously voted to provisionally appoint Percilla Stevenson to fill the vacant board seat immediately. Percilla Stevenson took the oath of office and assumed all of the duties of a member of the Board of Education.
To challenge the provisional appointment, a petition calling for a special election, containing the valid signatures of at least 1.5 percent of registered voters of Trustee Area 2, must be filed with the Mendocino County Office of Education within 30 days of the date of the provisional appointment (March 20, 2025). If no petition is filed or the petition filed does not have sufficient valid signatures, the provisional appointment of Percilla Stevenson will become final.