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San Ysidro School District picks L.A. educator as fill-in superintendent
After its interim superintendent resigned Friday following allegations of financial mismanagement, the San Ysidro school board voted 4-1 Monday to name a Los Angeles-area educator to take over temporarily as the district’s top administrator. Read More »
County superintendent asks state to investigate San Ysidro School District finances
The San Diego County superintendent of schools is asking the state to investigate the San Ysidro School District, citing concerns about payments made to the district’s two former top administrators. Read More »
Picking San Ysidro’s ninth superintendent since 2013
The San Ysidro School District hopes to sign on two new superintendents at its April 12 board meeting — one permanent, one interim. Read More »
Schwarzenegger’s ‘All-Stars’ told San Diego after-school nonprofit not to use its name
The head of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s nonprofit said he reached out to inewsource to protect the group’s “good name and reputation.” Read More »
San Ysidro School District still waiting on refund for $276,000 program that never happened
It’s been two months since inewsource reported the San Ysidro School District was trying to recoup the money. Read More »
San Ysidro school trustee calls for top official’s resignation, alleges financial misdeeds
A San Ysidro school board member called Wednesday for the district’s interim superintendent to resign, saying he had deceived school trustees. Read More »
Ticking Time Bonds: Homeowners face varying tax bills throughout San Diego County
The tax bill homeowners pay for school district bonds differs throughout the county, with some residents paying hundreds of dollars every year. Read More »
Why East L.A. educators have been running the troubled San Ysidro School District
When the San Ysidro school board hired Mary Willis as its interim superintendent in November, she became the seventh person to lead the troubled district since 2013. She was also the fourth to have ties to school districts in the East Los Angeles area. Read More »
State audit: DA should investigate ex-San Ysidro superintendent for possible financial fraud
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 »
After audit, San Ysidro freezes life insurance accounts for ex-superintendent and his deputy
The San Ysidro School District has frozen the retirement accounts of two former top administrators in response to a scathing state audit. Read More »
DA gets San Ysidro school audit, welcomes info on any ‘suspected public corruption’
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 »
Biggest and best inewsource stories of 2018
Our investigations this year yielded calls for congressional inquiries, and sparked resignations, changes in law and corporate dissolutions. Read More »
After-school program that never happened cost San Ysidro School District $276,000
A San Diego woman who touts her connections to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and billionaire philanthropist T. Denny Sanford to promote her after-school programs sold the San Ysidro School District a sports and cheer package that never happened. And two years later, the district is still trying to recoup the $276,000 it paid upfront. Tyree Dillingham promised that her Greater ... Read More »
The Weekender for October 20
Reporters Megan Wood and Jill Castellano were busy this week with stories about education and local political fundraising and spending. Read More »
Ticking Time Bonds: In some San Diego County school districts today’s debt is tomorrow’s burden
School districts in San Diego County and across California that use capital appreciation bonds saddle future generations with debt, sometimes at double-digit debt ratios. Read More »
San Diego County homeless student count reaches record high. But how real are the numbers?
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 »
The Weekender for June 23, 2018
It’s not every day we get to speak to a national audience. But this week we did. Our eight-minute documentary about a couple from Montana who invested their life savings into a “miracle” diabetes treatment aired on the PBS NewsHour. (If you missed it, here’s the link.) This documentary took a ton of work. What aired Tuesday was the culmination ... Read More »
Newsletter: Ticking Time Bonds: Homeowners face varying tax bills throughout San Diego County
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Newsletter: Ticking Time Bonds: In some San Diego County school districts today’s debt is tomorrow’s burden
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