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New data show more than 23,800 students were homeless last year in San Diego County — a record high and a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year. But a county Office of Education official acknowledges the homeless student count could be wrong. It all depends on who does the counting and how they interpret federal guidelines for calculating who ... Read More »
San Diego Christian College’s lawyer sent CBS 8, a media partner of inewsource, a letter Wednesday demanding an immediate retraction of all of our stories about the college. Tracy Warren, the college’s attorney, did not send the letter to inewsource. However, she sent a similar letter to us last month. In neither letter did Warren specify inaccuracies in our reporting, ... Read More »
Following an inewsource investigation into the finances of San Diego Christian College, a school official confirmed Monday that Steve Chaney is no longer its chief financial officer. Kelly Buchanan, executive assistant to the college’s president, said Tim Savaloja is the interim chief financial officer. He also is vice chairman of the college’s board of trustees. Buchanan declined to comment on why ... Read More »
San Diego Christian College still has not provided inewsource with documents accounting for $20 million in expenses, which were brought to light in our investigation published Oct. 30. We have asked repeatedly for this information. Rather than sharing documentation of the expenses, however, Robert Jensen, the vice president for advancement and administration for the college, circulated to parents, students and ... Read More »
After close-of-business Thursday, San Diego Christian College’s outside counsel sent inewsource a letter demanding an immediate retraction of our two stories about the college. Below is the demand letter sent by Tracy Warren and inewsource’s response. RE: Journalist Megan Wood inewsource Article on San Diego Christian College Dear Ms. Hearn: My name is Tracy Warren and I am outside counsel ... Read More »
At close-of-business Tuesday, an official at San Diego Christian College emailed parents and students alleging our investigation about questionable expenses “presents information regarding SDC that is inaccurate.” It is the policy of inewsource to correct all mistakes in reporting immediately. However, in this case, despite our requests, the college would not say what was wrong with the story. Robert Jensen, ... Read More »
A nearly 50-year-old nonprofit school in Santee can’t account for millions of dollars in expenses that are supposed to be detailed on its public tax returns. Read More »
Abed Samadi stood frozen as chaos buzzed around him. Bodies darted back and forth. Yells echoed in the air. But for the sixth-grader who had just moved to El Cajon as a refugee from Afghanistan, this chaos was good. It was fun. It was a giant game of tag. A smile spread across his face, and Abed joined his P.E. ... Read More »
The number of high school seniors taking the ACT exam in San Diego has increased more than 25 percent since 2012. Find out how your school has performed. Read More »
The state Department of Education updated Advanced Placement test data for schools across the state last month — five weeks after acknowledging it had posted incorrect scores for the 2015-16 school year. inewsource brought the faulty data to the attention of the California Department of Education after comparing results with data provided by the College Board, the national organization that ... Read More »