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[email protected] For Immediate Release December 14, 2018 Compton Community College District Board of Trustee Members Take Oath of Office The Compton Community College District (CCCD) held a swearing-in ceremony for its Board of Trustee members on December 11, 2018. Four of the five trustee areas were up for election during the November 6, 2018 midterm general election. Current Board member Sonia Lopez, Trustee Area 3, has two more years of service in her four-year term. Incumbent Trustees Andres Ramos, Trustee Area 1, and Dr. Deborah Sims LeBlanc, Trustee Area 4, were elected to another four-year term. Newly elected Board Member Dr. Sharoni Denise Little, Trustee Area 5, will serve a four-year term; and Barbara Jean Calhoun, fills the Trustee Area 2 vacancy, and will serve a two-year term. According to CCCD Board Policy 2100, terms of trustees are staggered so that, as nearly as practical, one half of the trustees shall be elected at each trustee election. Andres Ramos, Trustee Area 1 Andres Ramos was elected to the Board of Trustees in November 2007 at the age of 22, making him the youngest board member in the District’s history. In November 2018, he was elected to his third term on the CCCD Board of Trustees. He is a native of Lynwood and a product of the Lynwood Unified School District. After high school, he attended various community colleges including Long Beach City College, Compton College, El Camino College, and Pasadena City College.