The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees will meet in open session tonight. The Board will begin with a work study session at 5:30 p.m. to perform the trustees’ annual review of the Brown Act. The Board will then review California Senate Bill 419, which will make it illegal in California for both public and charter schools to issue “willful defiance” suspensions to students in fourth through eighth grades. The bill goes into effect July 1, 2020. Reporter Andrew Dieleman has more…
The MUSD Board of Trustees will then move to closed session beginning at 6:30 p.m. to conference with legal counsel. In open session, beginning at 7 p.m., the Board will recognize 10 students from throughout the district in honor of National Disabilities Awareness Month, review the district’s textbook compliance for the 2019-2020 academic year, declare the week October 23-31, as drug-free Red Ribbon Week, discuss the district’s dual-enrollment agreement with Copper Mountain College, and decline a “Cure and Correct” action from the September 24 Board meeting. The meeting will be held at Joshua Tree Elementary School, 4950 Sunburst Avenue in Joshua Tree.
