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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 »
Tag Archives: San Diego County Office of Education
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Trump’s proposed budget cuts worry advocates for homeless students
With limited details available in the Trump administration’s “skinny budget,” education officials are worried that an already small source of federal funding to help homeless students succeed could be at risk. Read More »
The challenge of counting San Diego County homeless students: What is a home?
There are 21,466 homeless students in San Diego County K-12 public schools. That’s nearly the population of Coronado. The number has been growing over the past seven years. But not all children counted as homeless are living on the streets, in cars or in other vulnerable places. The numbers are important — a lot of money rides on them — ... Read More »
Grand jury finds much to criticize at San Ysidro schools
A scathing but flawed report adds credence to long-standing complaints of financial mismanagement at the San Ysidro School District. Read More »
Investigations continue as San Ysidro schools’ financial picture improves
The San Ysidro School District recently emerged from almost two years of near-bankruptcy. Some board members still question how that happened and what was going on with the district's finances. Read More »