Eli Johnson was present at a TJUSD on at least one occasion. He was one of the individuals arrested as part of this scam.
Listed as one of the schools involved in the charter school scam. Sounded familiar and so I did a search. It was mentioned in the following threads:
OCTOBER 13, 2016: http://tronanews.us/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=478
d) Charter California STEAM San Bernardino - updated board on issues regarding supervision of charter school and talked about conference attended along with financial secretary and HS principal. Also mentioned the “Dragon Lady” (aka, lawyer for school district) who drafted MOU between charter school and TJUSD
March 09, 2017: http://tronanews.us/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=504
5) Eli Johnson (Charter School Report) - Mr. Johnson updated the board regarding the charter school sponsored by TJUSD. He asserted that the charter has reached a total enrollment of over 1400 students (and growing) and that the charter will be sending the district a check for over $100k soon. He also talked a little about the charter's diversity profile, possible accreditation, and plans for accommodating special education students.
September 14, 2017: http://tronanews.us/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=529
3) Superintendent’s Report - The superintendent reported regarding a conference he attended in Sacramento regarding charter schools and stated that we received about $250,000 from the charter (California STEAM San Bernardino) for the 2016-2017 school year. Our charter has an enrollment of 1300 students.
May 10, 2018: http://tronanews.us/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=565
Charter School - A representative from California STEAM San Bernardino presented information to the board about a request for the district to authorize a second charter school called University Prep San Bernardino. This second charter school would focus more on students with a variety of special needs. A number of aspects of the programs were discussed with many questions being raised by board members and those in the audience. It was reported that the charter school has paid $500k to the district over a period of two years.
June 14, 2018: http://tronanews.us/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=574
2) TTA Report: Suggestion made that revenue received from sponsored charter school(s) be reported on a monthly basis in a manner similar to the way royalties from the chemical plant are reported. It was noted that a claim was made a month or two ago that the charter school paid $500k to the district during the last two years. It would help the staff and public feel more confident about the relationship between the district and the charter school if there was more transparency and reporting revenue received would be a solid step in that direction.