December 9, 2020 Newly Elected Alum Rock School Trustee Abruptly Resigns Before Taking His Oath of Office By Jennifer Wadsworth On Dec. 4, just a day after officials certified results from last month’s election, Scott Pham submitted his letter of resignation. Read More 5
February 19, 2020 Frustrated Parents Escalate Calls for Term Limits in SJ’s Embattled Alum Rock Union School District By Jennifer Wadsworth Yet their campaign has been met with resistance while two trustees apparently flipped on the issue, angering proponents of a two-term cap. Read More 3
September 12, 2018 Judge Upholds Restraining Order Against Alum Rock Union School Board Trustee Khanh Tran By The Fly An Alum Rock school trustee’s comments about kicking ass and lining folks up in front of a firing squad got him banned from the dais. Read More 3
September 6, 2018 Alum Rock School Board President Dismisses Pleas to Censure Unruly Colleague By Jennifer Wadsworth Board president Esau Herrera expressed no interest in censuring a fellow trustee, Khanh Tran, for verbally threatening the superintendent. Read More 5
August 22, 2018 Alum Rock Trustee Hit With Restraining Order for Verbally Attacking Superintendent By Jennifer Wadsworth ARUSD Superintendent Hilaria Bauer filed a stay-away order against a trustee who threatened violence against her at an Aug. 9 meeting. Read More 17
May 30, 2018 Alum Rock Schools Chief Spared the Axe; Trustees Partially Cut Ties With Shady Contractor By Jennifer Wadsworth Reform advocates in Alum Rock Union Elementary School District celebrated some major victories Tuesday. Read More 2
September 7, 2017 Alum Rock School Board Trustee Andrés Quintero Accuses Colleague Khanh Tran of Slander By Jennifer Wadsworth Alum Rock Union School District trustee Khanh Tran’s war of words has prompted his colleague Andrés Qunitero to threaten legal action. Read More 6