Most states, including California, don’t require schools test to make sure their drinking water is lead free. The San Ysidro School District is spending $24 million to replace drinking fountains, sinks pipes and faucets at three schools after elevated lead levels were found in the drinking water. Read More »
Help us request documents from the almost 30 government agencies with Mello-Roos taxes so we can shed light on how you’re taxed and how your money is spent. Read More »
Gompers teachers say grades are inflated and the school's director shames educators who assign failing grades by telling them they are “murdering” kids. Read More »
Schools throughout San Diego lack air conditioning, even as temperatures inside some classrooms go over 90 degrees Read More »
Much has been made of the “personal belief exemptions” parents use to allow their unvaccinated children to attend school. But a movement to delay or spread out vaccines for children is also lowering the county’s immunization rates for kindergarteners. Read More »
Search for conditional and personal belief exemption rates for San Diego schools with at least 10 kindergartners enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year. Read More »
Districts are using a state law called Mello-Roos that allows special districts to charge homeowners thousands per year to build schools, buy buses, even pay for iPads. Read More »
Clark Middle School is shifting how teachers and administrators address disruptive student behavior. The school expels and suspends students at twice the state average. Read More »
inewsource requested attendance information from all 42 K-12 school districts in San Diego County to calculate how much student absences cost districts. Read More »
There are thousands of chronically absent kids in San Diego County schools who together cost their districts millions of dollars in state funding. Read More »
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