Duane Stiff

Spa Getaway Bites Ex-Superintendent in the Butt

Late yesterday the Capistrano Unified School District released a 54-page termination report detailing the charges that led to ex-superintendent Woodrow Carter's firing on Monday March 9. Carter's spa getaway weekend-- paid for partially by the district and by an architectural firm which was later aw ... More >>

Three Local Elections Worth Watching. Call It Morbid Fascination

No Party Favors

The county GOP gives beleaguered Republican board members at Capo Unified Schools a vote of no-confidence

No More Illegal Secret Meetings at CUSD

Things didn't quite hit showdown tenor last night at a special Capistrano Unified School District board meeting meant to address findings by the OC DA that four of the board's current members had repeatedly violated open meeting laws by holding illegal closed meetings. The meeting was scheduled for ... More >>

Showdown in South County School District

News of a damning District Attorney report that found four current and three former trustees who served on the board of the 51,000-student Capistrano Unified School District repeatedly violated open meeting laws by holding illegal closed meetings (See, "Brown Act Blues," Oct. 18), culminated today w ... More >>

Brown Act Blues

The DA doesn’t file criminal charges against CAPO Unified School trustees, but their violations of the state open-meeting law will go on their permanent records

Caught in Violation of the Act

WEB EXCLUSIVE! DAs report finds Capistrano Unified held illegal closed meetings