The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees will meet in open session tonight. The Board will begin the meeting in closed session at 6 p.m. to conference with legal counsel and with labor negotiators. In open session, beginning at 7 p.m., the Board will recognize nine more students from throughout the District in honor of National Disabilities Awareness Month. Lastly, the board will make a final decision regarding the District’s upcoming general obligation bond. Reporter Andrew Dieleman has more…
The Morongo Unified School District’s proposed general obligation bond, which the Board had debated placing on the ballot for the November 2020 election, will instead be placed on the ballot for the March 2020 Primary election. The Board will choose between a $64 million bond at a tax rate of $45 per $100,000 of assessed property value, or a $55 million bond at a tax rate of $39 per $100,000 of assessed property value. The meeting will be held at Palm Vista Elementary School, 74350 Baseline Road in Twentynine Palms.
