The Morongo Unified School District Board of Education is accepting applications to serve a three-year appointment as a trustee for Area 1 of the District. The appointed individual will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Karalee Hargrove and will serve the remainder of the term, through December, 2026. Applicants must live in trustee Area 1; a map of the area is available here: https://elections.sbcounty.gov/voterregistration/districtlookuptools/districtmap/
Per Education Code and Board Bylaw:
Any person is eligible to be a Governing Board member, without further qualifications, if he/she is 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the state, a resident of the school district, a registered voter and not legally disqualified from holding civil office. Any person who has been convicted of a felony involving the giving, accepting, or offering of a bribe, embezzlement or theft of public funds, extortion, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any such crime, under California law or the law of another state, the United States of America, or another country, is not eligible to be a candidate for office or elected as a Board member except when he/she has been granted a pardon in accordance with law. (Education Code 35107; Elections Code 20)
A district employee elected to the Board shall resign his/her position before being sworn in or shall have his/her employment automatically terminated upon being sworn into office. (Education Code 35107)
Applications are available online and are due no later than 12 p.m., June 6, 2025. Applications will be screened by current board members prior to candidate interviews. Screening will begin on June 6, 2025 and interviews are tentatively scheduled for June 13, 2025.
Please contact the Superintendent’s office at 760-367-9191 extension 4221 if you have further questions in regards to completing an application.
A previous version of this story stated that the appointed individual would serve for the remainder of the term, until 2028. They will actually serve until the next election cycle in 2026. We apologize for the confusion.