In early 2025, Grossmont Union High School District’s board majority said the district was facing an ongoing budget shortfall that required them to cut a number of positions, including teacher-librarians.
The decision sparked a public outcry so intense that a board meeting in February 2025 had to be moved to another room.
Fast-forward to the board’s regular meetings this summer, and members of that same board majority, including Scott Eckert, Gary Woods and Jim Kelly, voted to increase athletics funds by roughly $3.9 million…