SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Sweetwater Union High School District is in the hole $68 million, following a series of budget shortfalls and fiscal mismanagement, according to an independent audit of the school district.
This week, the state agency Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team issued a dire warning to the school district's board: The state could be coming if their debt isn't made right. Here's a look at when the budget shortfall was discovered and what moves have been made in an attempt to fix the financial mess in the South Bay:
SWEETWATER BUDGET CRISIS:
- Financial failures rouse growing concerns in board meeting
- 300 Sweetwater district employees, teachers take early retirement
- Sweetwater Union High School district budget woes worse than predicted
- Parents worry about cuts coming to Sweetwater Union High School District
- Sweetwater Union High School District passes revised budget
- Sweetwater scrambling to fix $30 million budget mistake
