A former San Ysidro School District superintendent who state auditors say possibly committed financial misdeeds sued a school board member this month for defamation, claiming the trustee ran a “malicious” and “despicable” campaign against him. In the lawsuit, Julio Fonseca, the district’s superintendent for about two years before resigning in September, accused trustee Rodolfo Linares of spreading false information to ... Read More »
The state Franchise Tax Board suspended San Diego Christian College for failing to file a tax return. That means the school can’t legally do business. Read More »
State Senate President Toni Atkins has helped secure the San Diego Unified School District $250,000 to support homeless students next year. Read More »
The San Ysidro School District has frozen the retirement accounts of two former top administrators in response to a scathing state audit. Read More »
The audit found two former administrators engaged in possible misuse of funds at the district, which educates some of the poorest students in San Diego County. Read More »
State auditors found the San Ysidro School District’s former superintendent and his top deputy engaged in possible financial fraud and misuse of district funds. Read More »
San Diego Unified wasn’t the only San Diego County school district this year to lose out on thousands of dollars in funding to help homeless students because of a flawed grant application. Read More »
The state superintendent has rejected Scott Peters’ plea to reconsider San Diego Unified's disqualification for $750,000 in funding for homeless students. Read More »
Congressman Scott Peters asked the state schools superintendent this week to consider giving funding to the San Diego Unified School District for homeless students even though its grant application was missing a signature. The San Diego Democrat sent the letter to the superintendent four days after inewsource revealed that the district was disqualified for a grant that could have provided ... Read More »
inewsource broke the story last week that the San Diego Unified School District lost out on up to $750,000 in federal funding for its homeless students. The reason? A finance official never signed the district’s grant application. inewsource’s Megan Wood has covered student homelessness in San Diego County. Here are some of the main takeaways to know about the issue: ... Read More »
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