Petition updateProtect Morongo Basin Schools from Closures

UPDATE: CHECK YOUR MUSD TRUSTEE AREA + CANDIDATE QUESTIONS SENT

Morongo Basin Parents for Transparency !CA, United States
Oct 2, 2026

As we move into the November school-board election, this is a good time for families across the Morongo Basin to understand who represents their neighborhood and which Trustee Area they live in.

School-board members make decisions that affect our children, employees, neighborhood schools, budgets, facilities, and the long-term future of public education in the Basin. An informed community makes that process stronger.

We’ve updated SaveMorongoSchools.com with a new tool that makes finding your MUSD Trustee Area easy.

Find your Trustee Area
Morongo Parents Area finder

Enter your home address and the tool will show your MUSD Trustee Area and, when that area has a contest this year, the candidates listed for that race. The tool uses San Bernardino County GIS boundaries for the MUSD areas

For official voter-registration and election information, please verify directly with the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters.

We also sent our candidate questionnaire
Morongo Parents for Transparency sent the same “8 Questions for MUSD Board Candidates” questionnaire to candidates across the current MUSD races.

Every candidate received the same questions, the same Support / Oppose / No Response choices, and the same opportunity to include a short comment.

The questions cover:

  • school closures and net savings
  • explaining major Board decisions
  • independent fiscal review
  • management compensation during cuts
  • fair pay and retention for classified staff
  • contracts and consultants
  • independent Board oversight
  • trades, technology, arts, internships, and work-based learning for students

We’ll publish the responses side-by-side next week, exactly as submitted, without endorsement or ranking, so parents and community members can compare the answers for themselves.

We’ve also updated the site with recent press coverage and the latest Landers development: the immediate closure proposal has been paused for now, while the Landers community continues working on enrollment and long-term support for the school.

The petition originally brought many of us together around school closures. Now the work is becoming broader: following the Board, reading the documents, tracking public commitments, and helping families across the Basin understand major decisions before they are made.

Check your area. Bookmark the site. Stay informed.
SaveMorongoSchools.com

Morongo Parents for Transparency

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