Edward Velasquez was in Idaho when the San Ysidro School Board voted Thursday night to make him the district’s latest interim superintendent.
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San Ysidro schools update — from superintendent search to fixing money problems
The troubled San Ysidro School District is putting one financial problem behind it while it also searches for its eighth superintendent since 2013.
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Ex-San Ysidro superintendents received hefty payouts for vacation and leave days
Two former top administrators in the San Ysidro School District cashed out nearly $178,000 in vacation and leave days during the approximately two years they worked there, according to payroll records obtained by inewsource. The amount of vacation days appears to be far more than either could have earned under their contracts. Questions about district […]
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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.
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Budget error means San Ysidro School District owes state $5.1 million
The San Ysidro School District for two years overstated student enrollment and now owes the state an estimated $5.1 million. But inewsource has learned the district’s budget problems don’t end there. New administrators hired last month following the resignations of the superintendent and his deputy have also uncovered an estimated $2.1 million in expenses that […]
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‘Extraordinary audit’ of San Ysidro School District moving forward
The state agency that will investigate potential fraud or misuse of funds involving two former top administrators at the San Ysidro School District has signed an agreement to conduct what is called an “extraordinary audit.”
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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.
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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.
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San Ysidro superintendent resigns; board member wants DA probe of finances
San Ysidro School District’s interim superintendent resigned late Friday night, just two months after his predecessor departed with a controversial separation package that made him the highest paid superintendent in the county.
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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.