Date: October 11, 2023
From: Dr. Patricio Vargas
Subject: Application to Fill Board Vacancy
The Morongo Unified School District Board of Education is accepting applications to serve a one-year appointment as a trustee for Area 2 of the district. The appointed individual will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ms. Cathy Nelson and will serve the remainder of the term, through December 2024. For an interactive map of trustee areas, please visit: https://ndcresearch.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=501353e118cc4f72afb95ea82dce258e
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 will be available online at Vacancy Application on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, and are due no later than 4:30 p.m., October 25, 2023. Applications will be screened by current board members prior to candidate interviews. Screening will begin on October 26, 2023, and interviews are tentatively scheduled for November 1, 2023.
Please contact the Superintendent’s office at 760-367-9191 extension 4221 if you have further questions in regards to completing an application.