Recall Eckert, Woods, Shield and Kelly
East County voters have lost faith in elected officials Scott Eckert, Gary Woods, Rob Shield and Jim Kelly.
They promised to support students in the Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD). Instead, they cut every librarian position in the district and created a culture of fear among those who teach our children. We must stop public school mismanagement.
We must protect public education!
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Four Trustees. Four Failures.
The GUHSD Trustees have failed us in four key ways:
- NEGLECTED STUDENTS. Trustees deprived students of critical school resources by eliminating every librarian in the school district. Learn more
- DISMISSED CONSTITUENTS.
- The Trustees have been unresponsive to the resounding and continued demands to reverse cuts that harm students and school quality. Learn more
- A Union-Tribune investigation found that the Trustees plotted against district employees in a secret text message thread. Their conversations appear to violated California’s Brown Act, which makes it illegal for a majority of Trustees to hold discussions without public notice or comment from constituents. Learn more
- MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS.
- The Trustees diverted taxpayer dollars to a man who had been investigated for “immoral conduct.” Learn more
- The Trustees also paid school funds to a company owned by their own campaign donor.
- UNETHICAL CONDUCT.
- The Trustees appear to have retaliated against a school librarian who made a personal donation to Scott Eckert’s political opponent. The Trustees eliminated this librarian’s position after discussing the matter in private text messages. This retaliation may have violated the librarian’s First Amendment rights, which protect campaign contributions as a form of free speech. See summary
- In a clear conflict of interest, several Trustees have profited from private schools that complete for students with GUHSD schools.
Kelly, Shield, Woods, and Eckert promised “to act in the best interests of every student in the district.” (Board Bylaw 9005). The Trustees broke this promise.
Please read:
Oct. 10, 2025 — The East County community spoke out when the Grossmont School Board attempted to ban “expressive activities” outside public meetings. KPBS reports on this latest GUHSD debacle and the school board’s latest “free speech” proposals that fail to put students first. Read full article
June 13, 2025 — The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Jim Kelly, Robert Shield and Scott Eckert may have violated California’s Brown Act by discussing school district business in private text messages. What did they chat about? Book banning, loyalty tests, and targeted layoffs.
July 6, 2025 — The Union-Tribune shares a bombshell investigation with documentation that Grossmont school board leadership benefited from fake “ghost” candidates that split votes in the 2024 election. It also appears Trustee Scott Eckert accepted a campaign donation and then voted to pay school funds to this donor’s company.
Recall the Trustees 