Corruption

A former Board member using her position to hire a Superintendent and then having that same Superintendent hire her as his executive assistant at a $120K annual salary (in potential violation of the Fair Political Practices Commission’s Conflict of Interest Laws).
A former Superintendent and his staff hiding a racial discrimination case brought against him, ultimately costing the district hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and payouts.
Two board members rigging a school consolidation process and forcing the closure of Musick despite the fact that the actual data supported closing a different school.

The awarding of numerous no-bid contracts to staff’s personal friends, in violation of Government Code 53060 requiring contracting “for the furnishing of special services and advice in financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal and administrative matters with persons specially trained, experienced, and competent to perform such services.”
A former Chief Business Officer (CBO) hiring an incompetent vendor to deliver a multiphase heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) project. This vendor missed its implementation schedule and experienced hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost over-runs. In the end, this vendor “delivered” numerous non-functional units (without repair warranties) leaving students and teachers to sweat in the summer and freeze in the winter.
The Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation (MOT) department refusing to install video surveillance at sites where there were numerous reports of theft and personal use of school district facilities/equipment.
Numerous school district staff refusing to show up for their contracted duties during operational hours, with some even out of the country for extended periods while continuing to receive a paycheck.
An academic fraud scheme at the high school (where failing students were diverted from their teacher-led classes and enrolled into the APEX online credit recovery program where they “magically” passed their semester courses in just a week or as little as one day. The district never subjected these out-of-state courses to its regular course review process, yet the district continues to apply them to graduation requirements equally with the school’s regular teacher-led classes.

Corruption

Corruption

A former Board member using her position to hire a Superintendent and then having that same Superintendent hire her as his executive assistant at a $120K annual salary (in potential violation of the Fair Political Practices Commission’s Conflict of Interest Laws).

A former Superintendent and his staff hiding a racial discrimination case brought against him, ultimately costing the district hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and payouts.

Two board members rigging a school consolidation process and forcing the closure of Musick despite the fact that the actual data supported closing a different school.

​The Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation (MOT) department refusing to install video surveillance at sites where there were numerous reports of theft and personal use of school district facilities/equipment.

Numerous school district staff refusing to show up for their contracted duties during operational hours, with some even out of the country for extended periods while continuing to receive a paycheck.

The Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation (MOT) department refusing to install video surveillance at sites where there were numerous reports of theft and personal use of school district facilities/equipment.