During the Board’s work study session, Christopher Claire was elected as new Board President, and Roberta Myers was elected as new Board Secretary. Other new board members include Trustee Area 1 Karalee Hargrove, Trustee Area 2 Pete Wood, and Trustee Area 3 Bianca Stoker.
The open session meeting began with two separate recognitions for Ronda Coleman of Groundwork Arts; one Certificate of Appreciation, and another extended highlight given by Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services Amy Woods, which was followed by a comprehensive presentation by Coleman. Groundworks Arts was the recent recipient of four different esteemed awards from County Arts Connection, California Legislative Assembly, the California Arts Council, and the high honor of the Golden Bell Award.
Superintendent Dr. Vargas extended his thanks to the organizations who lent their support to the passing of school bond Measure C, including individuals like Christopher Claire, Mike Woods of California Professional Management, Tim Nicholas of Class Leasing LLC, and many others.
Dr. Snider gave a 2023-24 Dashboard Data update for MUSD, that showed the district’s significant improvement in ELA and math and larger improvement in overall graduation rate. While the suspension rate remained the same as the previous year, MUSD saw unprecedented improvement with Differentiated Assistance students. Jeff Grabow of the Flying Doctors announced their next free health clinic will take place March 8th and 9th at Yucca Valley High School. Flying Doctors is the traveling health care pop up that offers free high quality health care to anyone with no appointment necessary, and Grabow encouraged all to attend or help volunteer.
