Will Huntsberry

1 week ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Will Huntsberry |Jim Hinch

Chula Vista Elementary School District will hire an outside law firm to investigate corruption allegations raised in a Voice of San Diego story earlier this month. In Voice’s original story, the district’s former chief operating officer made multiple allegations about top officials at the district. The former COO, Jovanim Martinez, said the district Superintendent Eduardo Reyes pressured him on multiple occasions to award a contract to a company called Dr. Build.

2 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Jakob McWhinney |Will Huntsberry

On Tuesday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon took the stage at the ASU+GSV Summit, one of the nation’s premier education technology conferences. Behind her, in the grand ballroom of San Diego’s Grand Hyatt Hotel, a fireplace was displayed on one of the three gaudy screens lining the back wall. In front of her, hundreds of educators, investors and technologists sat bathed in blue-light, picking at plates of croissants and green shakshuka eggs.

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Will Huntsberry

New connections between a Chula Vista superintendent and a company he allegedly pushed as a potential district contractor have emerged. Campaign finance records show that Al Renteria, the operator of Dr. Build, donated $100 to Superintendent Eduardo Reyes’ 2018 campaign for school board of the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Earlier this week, Voice of San Diego revealed allegations that Reyes had pressured a district employee to award school district contracts to Dr. Build.

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Will Huntsberry

The former chief operating officer of Chula Vista Elementary School District is under investigation for a potential pay-to-play scheme involving a district contractor. The investigation relies on pictures that district officials believe are evidence of an inappropriate relationship between the former COO and a company that specializes in athletic flooring.

2 months ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Will Huntsberry

Following criticisms of Chief Operating Officer Eric Dargan in recent weeks, Mayor Todd Gloria announced Tuesday he was eliminating Dargan’s position of COO. Dargan is out and department executives will now report directly to the mayor.  Gloria announced Dargan’s dismissal as part of a raft of other measures, including merging multiple departments and eliminating empty managerial positions, designed to stabilize the city’s careening budget situation.