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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 »
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What’s going on with Sweetwater school district’s iPads? 5 things you need to know
Back in 2012, the Sweetwater Union High School District decided to buy iPads for its students. Since then, it's bought 30,600 tablets. Read More »
Sweetwater school board gives OK to sell iPads the district already sold
The Sweetwater Union High School District has spent millions of dollars in recent years to buy iPads for students and staff. Now the district has started selling the tablets, but the timing of that action raises some questions. Read More »
Sweetwater school district now says it sold off 8,800 aging iPads
The Sweetwater Union High School District has announced it sold almost 8,800 outdated iPads from the district’s student technology initiative. Read More »
iPads for seventh graders at Sweetwater school district MIA
Five years after the Sweetwater Union High School District board spent $4.5 million to put iPads in the hands of seventh graders, nearly all of the Apple tablets are classified as out of inventory, lost or stolen. Read More »
Special property tax lacks robust oversight, accountability
San Diego County property owners have paid almost $1 billion since 2011 in Mello-Roos taxes, and not all are created equal. Read More »