MUSD Board of Trustees to approve substitute teacher wage increase at tonight’s meeting

Gabriel Hart Gabriel Hart Send an email March 12, 2024

The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold their regular 6 PM meeting tonight at Joshua Tree Elementary.

For the meeting’s agenda, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services Amy Woods will start by recognizing Twenty-Nine Palms High School student Joshua Corrado, who earned the highest possible ACT score of 36.

Director of Ed Tech, Data & Assessment Celeste Wahlberg and Director of Information Technology Troy Slayden will present the Technology Plan. Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Stacy Smalling will present a classified staffing update, as well as a restructuring and reorganization plan.

The Board is requested to increase the Certificated Substitute Teachers’ pay rate for Certificated Permit holders and Certificated Credentialed substitutes from $180 per day to $190. Classified Hourly/Substitute salary schedule is also requested to change with a 50-cent increase from $16.50 to $17.00 an hour.

Action items include a request to certify that MUSD can meet its financial obligations for the current fiscal year of 2023-24.

Gabriel Hart Gabriel Hart Send an email March 12, 2024
Gabriel Hart

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."