MUSD holding community meeting at Yucca Mesa Elementary School on Tuesday (9/22) regarding possible closure

The Morongo Unified School District will hold a special meeting on Tuesday (September 22) to consider the consolidation of Landers Elementary School students into Yucca Mesa Elementary School.

Yucca Mesa Elementary is one of 11 elementary schools in the Morongo Unified School District (MUSD). Enrollment numbers have been down this year once again.

The MUSD spent the latter half of the 2025-2026 school year holding Enrollment Committee meetings, where a group of parents, students, teachers, and faculty explored different scenarios on how to turn around the declining numbers. The Enrollment Committee ultimately recommended that the school district find other ways to make up the budget deficit without closing any of the elementary schools.

Yucca Mesa families and community members are invited to bring their input and opinions to this special meeting about the future of elementary schools here in the Morongo Unified School District.

The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at Yucca Mesa Elementary, located at 3380 Avalon Avenue in Yucca Valley