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Miss Yucca Valley and her ‘Court’ grace MUSD meeting

The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees held their regular meeting at Joshua Tree Elementary on March 14 at at 5pm to accommodate a work study session to review the Second Term Financial Report, followed by closed session.

Reconvening for open session at 6pm, Miss Yucca Valley Ruth Kanuch of Yucca Valley High introduced herself and her “court;” 1st Princess Peyton Chandler, 2nd Princess Samantha Garcia, and 3rd Princess Mariam Hussain, before they led the meeting’s Pledge of Allegiance.

Trustees voted 5/0 approving the Second Interim Financial Report for 2022-23, as well as the CSEA Sunshine Proposal. When discussing the 2023 Transportation Safety Plan, two public comments encouraged amendments, which Trustees agreed to be added to the Safety Plan, approved as written in the meantime.

Gabriel Hart

Gabriel Hart is an author and journalist from Morongo Valley, CA. He was a finalist for the 2024 Golden Mic Awards for his continuous reporting on the Morongo Valley Community Services District. His punk-noir novel On High at Red Tide is out now from Pig Roast Publishing, and he's the editor-in-chief/publisher of Beyond the Last Estate, a print-only magazine featuring "creative reporting on contemporary literature."