Editor’s note: On Dec. 17 we published a story by reporter Jim Hinch about a principal in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, which also discussed the district’s Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Jason Romero. We have since updated the article to state that Romero resigned and the school board approved a resignation agreement with him. A correction has been added here. We will continue to look into their claims.
This is a statement from the district and Romero sent by Giovanna Castro, the director of communications at the district.
The Chula Vista Elementary School District and [Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Jason] Romero jointly wish to correct several inaccuracies contained in recent reporting. Mr. Romero was not terminated from his position, nor did he resign in lieu of termination. While the district conducted an internal investigation, it was a narrow inquiry unrelated to any of the speculation contained in the article. The review had nothing to do with Ms. Porras, with any financial or record-keeping issues in the Human Resources Department, or with any alleged pattern of intervening in hiring processes. Mr. Romero was placed on administrative leave solely to preserve the integrity of that limited review, not because of any concerns about hiring practices.
The district made no finding that Mr. Romero engaged in any illegal, unethical, or improper conduct, and Mr. Romero categorically denies any allegation of wrongdoing. The district also confirms that Ms. Porras participated in a comprehensive, multi-step interview process involving multiple panels, and the Board made its hiring decision only after she successfully completed at least three prior interviews.
We request that this statement be published by the Voice of San Diego (VOSD). Further, the VOSD should post its own follow-up statement acknowledging and apologizing for inaccuracies and misleading statements in the article. Both the district and Mr. Romero are committed to ensuring that public reporting reflects accurate, verified information rather than unfounded assertions.
Jason Romero es un snake!!!
Por qué sacan esta nota en lugar de hablar de cómo Jason Romero anda amenazando a Eduardo Reyes y a Francisco Tamayo con soltar toda la sopa? Esa verdad los va a refundir a los tres tras las rejas. Si tan solo la gente supiera lo denso y lo podrido que está todo este asunto. Todo el mundo sabe que Jason era el cerebro de todas las transas, Tamayo era el que ponÃa la fuerza y Reyes no era más que su tÃtere. Y el tipo ahà está, disfrutando de su ADU a costillas del pueblo
Why was he on administrative leave if it was not for the reasons above? What was the investigation for? Why was a settlement agreement approved if it was a regular resignation? Why did he need an agreement or possibly a settlement? Was it a financial one? What was the agreement?
Hm. Most questions were answered in that article update. Still if someone did wrong doing why are we paying them out? Are they saying that the investigation showed no wrong doing so they payed out? What was the result?
If Romero didn’t resign “in leau of resignation” as the district states, then why did he resign? It seems like that is a bold faced lie…shame on CVESD. Keep up the investigative reporting VOSD, there is so much more corruption and greed going on here.
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As a parent at Roger’s for about 10 years prior to porras, and will be there until at least 2027, I have seen more than a half dozen principals, interim principals and far more vice principals at Roger’s. All three of my kids have benefited from the services offered. Some of those administrators have been incredible, some have not and thankfully, moved on. I can say without a doubt, porras was the worst. She was the most unqualified and unprepared to head a school, any school, but especially a school like Roger’s. The article points out the most obvious facts, porras was a psychologist with no experience when she was hired. That was against district policy. Then they changed the policy after the fact to cover it up. Communication was nonexistent as She never returned emails.
Everything I read in the article was the smith of the iceberg. There are so many anecdotal stories that individual teachers and parents have, to prove she was terrible.
The fact that the district wants to claim that they actually performed any type of due diligence is an indictment of how the district is run and they should be ashamed. It is criminal how she was allowed to get that job in the first place. The article and its exposure of her hiring process, is far more accurate and believable as to how someone so incompetent got the job.