Education

The Sweetwater school board voted unanimously Monday night to tighten the rules for when trustees can claim “hardship” and get paid for missing a meeting. Read More »

A Sweetwater Union High School District trustee who asked to be compensated for a board meeting he missed because of a “hardship” was actually in Sacramento lobbying on behalf of his labor union and having dinner with Democratic governor candidate Gavin Newsom. Superintendent Karen Janney recommended the board pay trustee Nicholas Segura the $413.50 he would have received for attending ... Read More »

More than half of San Diego County high school seniors who took the SAT during the 2016-17 school year were considered “college and career ready." Read More »

Over the past three decades, the Sweetwater Union High School District has used at least $46 million in special taxes paid by property owners in the Eastlake neighborhood to fund projects in other parts of Chula Vista. Read More »

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 »