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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 »
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Flawed applications cost other San Diego County school districts homeless funding
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 »
Scott Peters’ plea to help get San Diego Unified homeless student funding rejected
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 »
Rep. Peters makes plea to get funding for San Diego Unified’s homeless students
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 »
5 things to know about student homelessness in San Diego County
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 »
San Diego Unified official takes blame over lost funding for homeless students
The official accepted blame Friday for a missing signature on a grant application that cost the district up to $750,000 in federal funding. Read More »
Missing signature costs San Diego Unified funding for homeless students
A missing signature on a grant application means San Diego Unified has lost its chance to receive $750,000 in federal funding to help homeless students. Read More »
Troubled San Ysidro School District hires new superintendent
The San Ysidro School District got its ninth superintendent in five years when the school board voted unanimously Thursday night to hire a Lemon Grove educator to head the district. Read More »
Once used to integrate schools, magnets may be creating divisions in Vista
In the Vista Unified School District, a civil rights era tool often used to improve diversity in schools appears to be creating new divisions along racial and ethnic lines. An analysis by KPBS and inewsource of state and federal data suggests the area’s white, more affluent families are disproportionately benefitting from a district push to have parents choose where they ... Read More »
Magnet schools and Vista Unified: How we crunched the numbers
An analysis by KPBS and inewsource of state and federal data suggests that Vista Unified's white, more affluent families are disproportionately benefitting from a district push to have parents choose where they enroll their children, instead of taking them to their nearest school. Read More »