For Immediate Release: November 19, 2025
Public Relations Office
Dawnie Slabaugh
Phone: (530) 938-5373
Email: slabaugh@siskiyous.edu
Weed / COS – During their regular meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, ÐÓ°É' Governing Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Christal Duncan as Provisional Trustee representing District Area 4, which includes the area of schools located in Yreka; expanded to include more of the City of Yreka, shifting the border between Area 4 and Area 7 north to Lennox and Terrance Drive. In this plan, Area 4 includes 71% of the City of Yreka.
The district accepted a letter of resignation from Area 4 Trustee Barry Ohlund effective October 22, 2025. Pursuant to Ed Code Section 5091, "the community college district governing board shall, within 60 days of the vacancy, either order an election or make a provisional appointment to fill the vacancy." Pursuant to California Education Code Section 5091, the district undertook the recruitment process to fill the vacant trustee seat within the sixty (60) day timeline. Notices were published in newspapers of general circulation and in three public areas within the district. Candidate applications were due Monday, October 20, 2025.
At the November 18, 2025, meeting, the Governing Board interviewed one provisional trustee applicant. The board also discussed and chose to provisionally appoint the candidate as a trustee during open session of the November 18, 2025, meeting. Motion was made to nominate Dr. Christal Duncan as a provisional Trustee for Area 4. Dr. Duncan will serve as Trustee representative for Area 4 until the next regular election of the Board of Trustees in November 2026. (If a petition is filed, then a special election must be held.)
Dr. Christal Duncan is a retired Ob/Gyn who dedicated 35 years of her life to providing care to women and families. After working at Fairchild Medical Center for many years, she concluded her medical career in April 2025, having also served as the Chief of Staff. Throughout her career, Dr. Duncan mentored numerous nurse practitioners and medical residents and was deeply involved in missionary work in Nigeria.
