The Morongo Unified School District Board of Education recognized retirees and employees with long service to the district at its Tuesday meeting. Reporter Dan Stork says they also approved a draft budget…
The June 2 meeting of the MUSD Board of Education began with recognition of employees who have reached service milestones of 20 to 35 years with the District. You can find their names in this story at z1077fm.com.
In contrast to the tone of recent meetings, almost all was sweetness and light, as employees, administration, and Board all relaxed after reaching tentative contract agreements.
The actual agendized business of the meeting was dispatched in about seven minutes. The Board approved a draft budget for the next school year. This budget, which the assistant superintendent had gone over in detail during an early workshop, runs about $87 million, about a 10 percent increase over the current year. Losses in revenue from federal and local sources were more than made up by Prop 30 funds and boom revenues from the state. The budget does not reflect the new employee union contracts, which will show up in the final budget.
Assistant Superintendent Sharon Flores pointed to clouds on the horizon for education funding in the state and in the Morongo Basin: the expiration of Prop 30, the lack of assurance that boom times will continue, and the continuing decline in school enrollments.
Board member Ed Will questioned why there were no local firms among those awarded contracts for roofing, paving, and flooring projects. The answer: There were no local bidders.
Retirements:
Certificated
Michael Duplay 1990-2015
Rhonda Duplay 1992-2015
Beth Hazard 1988-2015
Irene Johnson 1999-2015
Brian McClintock 1979-2015
Maria Pritchard 1992-2015
Classified
Camille Cheney 1991-2015
Erma Contreras 1990-2015
Lana Thompson 1987-2015
Service Milestones:
20 Years
Jeffrey Drozd
Nicolette Estrada
Laura Grabow
Jeffrey Houk
Evelyn Kerr
Laura Ogle
Suzanne Plunkett
Timothy Stanford
25 Years
Linda Barnett
Thomas Baumgarten
Darla Bridges
John Cottrell
Michael Duplay
Lisa Knoll
Kelly Lomax
Ernestine Marin
Valerie Paulus
Judy Peth
Beverly Pretty
Margaret Reed
Susan Seaton
Barbara Smith
Terry Wahlberg
Gary Daigneault
30 Years
Patricia Anderson
Eric Beck
Patricia Jensen
Bryan Sullivan
Robert Thompson
Kristie Winn
35 Years
Marjorie Estes
