Charges & Indictments of SUHSD Board & Administration

Posted by Sweetwater Education Association on February 5, 2012  •  Contract  • 

"Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself."
   -Bertrand Russell

"In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others.
 In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so."
   -Immanuel Kant

January 4, 2012

Twenty-six felony charges were filed today against current and former Sweetwater schools officials, a dramatic start to what prosecutors say could be a widening corruption scandal rocking South Bay campuses. Former Superintendent Jesus Gandara and board member Greg Sandoval each face eight felony charges.

 

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Feb 7     A Look at Former Sweetwater Superintendent Jesus Gandara's Past (Reader -- Susan Luzzaro)   Preview
Feb 2     Money for Sweetwater Union HS District Board Members Under Microscope (Reader -- Susan Luzzaro)   Preview
Feb 1     Did Election Tampering Help Create Sweetwater Union High School Board? (Reader -- Susan Luzzaro)
   • Released Vega Report		   Preview
Jan 31     Sweetwater legal fees effort fizzles Proposal to fund them for 3 current and one former official dies (UT -- Ashly McGlone)
   • Letter of Agreement (SUHSD; GCR, LLP; Hutchens PR)
   • Released Vega Report		   Preview
Jan 28     Board members to vote on each other's legal fees. Some say the Sweetwater schools situation presents a conflict (UT -- Ashly McGlone)
   • California Government Code Section 1090		   Preview
Jan 24     Sweetwater officials seek $1.3M in legal fees (UT -- Ashly McGlone)   Preview
Jan 20     Calexico Unified School District's Similarities with Sweetwater (READER -- Susan Luzzaro)   Preview
Jan 19     Sweetwater withholds report on P.R. bills. Independent review by former federal prosecutor was launched in May (UT -- Ashly McGlone)   Preview
Jan 13     Photo Gallery Sweetwater defendants (UT Photo Gallery)   Preview
Jan 13     Five charged in Sweetwater High School District corruption scandal plead not guilty (KUSI)   Preview
Jan 13     Point man on Sweetwater bond review is sidelined. Superintendent: 'I just don't want the perception to be that the fox is watching the henhouse' (UT -- Ashly McGlone)   Preview
Jan 12     Sweetwater says workers stole from cafeterias. Losses are upward of $500,000 (UT -- Ashly McGlone)   Preview
Jan 12     Sweetwater's Funds for Education (READER -- Susan Luzzaro)   Preview
Jan 07     Birthday bash went on amid Sweetwater probe. Contractors, employees were invited to Quiñones celebration   Preview
Jan 05     Felony Charges Filed Against 5 In Sweetwater District Probe   Preview
Jan 04     26 felony charges in Sweetwater case. Dumanis files against five as part of a broadening contracting investigation
   • Dumanis Felony Charges Document
   • Audio of news conference on Sweetwater charges		   Preview
Jan 02     DA's South County timeline mixes meals, votes. Investigators allege quid pro quo at Sweetwater, Southwestern   Preview
Dec 27     DA says officials took dinners, tickets, more
   • SD Superior Court Issued Search Warrant		   Preview
Dec 22     Complaints preceded raids on South County school officials   Preview
Dec 21     Sweetwater Union High School District Boardmembers' Homes Raided   Preview
Dec 21     Those whose homes were searched   Preview
Dec 21     Two School Board member's homes raided   Preview
Dec 21     Investigators Raid School Board Members' Homes   Preview
Dec 21     Investigators Search Sweetwater District Board Members' Homes   Preview
Mar 23     Contractors and employees celebrate bridal shower for Gandara's daughter   Preview

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