On 05/09/17, the 2016/2017 San Diego County Grand Jury released a report entitled, “San Diego Unified School District School Board Elections – Time For a Change” along with a School Board Training Press Release.
Years of financial and teacher/staff mismanagement, plus the inadequate leadership, have not gone unnoticed. This School Board proposed the “done deal” Innovations Academy-Tower-Apartments to enrich Monarch Development Group – over students, charter schools and neighborhoods – with the lease of public land and use of taxpayer bond money.
The San Diego County Grand Jury recommended that the San Diego City Council take the following actions:
17-28: Consider placing a measure on a future ballot to allow the voters to decide whether to amend the San Diego City Charter to change the election process for the San Diego Unified School District School Board Elections, allowing only citizens in their sub-districts to elect representation directly from their sub-district.
17-29: Consider placing a measure on a future ballot to allow the voters to decide whether to amend the San Diego City Charter to allow a San Diego Unified School District board candidate who receives a majority of the votes in their sub-district during the primary election be considered elected.
17-30: Consider placing a measure on a future ballot to allow the voters to decide whether to amend the San Diego City Charter to limit the number of terms San Diego Unified School District School Board Trustees can serve.