The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees made a final decision at last night’s meeting on the District’s proposed general obligation bond. After brief deliberation among Board members and public comment from meeting attendees, the Board voted unanimously to pursue $55.6 Million bond at a tax rate of $39 per $100,000 of assessed property value. The general obligation bond will appear on the ballot for the March 2020 primary election. Reporter Andrew Dieleman has the rest of the meeting details…
At last night’s meeting, the MUSD Board of Trustees also recognized nine more students from throughout the District in honor of National Disabilities Awareness Month. The Board then heard a presentation from Sheriff’s Captain Trevis Newport, who informed the Board that the new Morongo Unified Restorative Youth Court Program is now up and running and that the District’s School Resource Officers had received updated active-shooter training. Newport also emphasized that the Sheriff’s Department is doing everything it can to oppose the placement of violent sexual predator Ross Wollschlager in Joshua Tree. During public comment, the Board received numerous requests from parents of students to address the issue of bullying in several District schools.
