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New London ―Superintendent Cynthia Ritchie was given a one-year contract extension and a raise this week after receiving a glowing annual review by the Board of Education. The board on Monday extended...

A college friend who retired from teaching reading in a public high school told me last week that she and her husband have created a foundation to pay for summer reading classes for second- and third...

New London School Superintendent Cynthia Ritchie received glowing reviews for her work in the district in her most recent performance evaluation and earned

State Audit Criticized For Using Rumors as Allegations By Mario A. Cortez An extraordinary audit report analyzing the San Ysidro School District’s (SYSD) financial mismanagement released last week by the California Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) is being criticized for containing several inaccurate claims and allegations. The report, published last week and taken offline the next day, analyzed SYSD’s activities and contracts from 2012 through last year. Among the subj...

Board President Rosaleah Pallasigue, Board Member Irene Lopez, and former Superintendent Julio Fonseca. Photo – Mario A. Cortez San Ysidro School District Superintendent Julio Fonseca resigned abruptly on Friday night after a four-hour closed-door Board meeting. The District’s Board of Trustees had called a special meeting for September 1, to review complaints against Fonseca, including one raised by a district employee. The Board conducted a closed-door meeting among the board members, Fon...

Luciana Corrales A San Ysidro School Board member amended an economic interest form to report her income after a La Prensa San Diego article last week reported she had failed to claim any income for the past two years. School Board Member Luciana Corrales filed an amended disclosure form on October 27th in response to an October 23rd article highlighting her failure to report her income on forms filed in July 2014 and again in December 2014. On the amended form, Ms. Corrales now claims income r...