GDOE illegally sole sourced more student laptops than student count, audit states

Unnamed officials at the Guam Department of Education used $24.6 million in federal funds to buy 34,503 laptops mostly through one vendor without a fixed-term contract and without evidence of…


Ombre Ga’chong: Is someone going to plan the downsizing of public schools correctly, in the interest of taxpayers?

By Lee Webber After reading with great interest that DOE Superintendent, Kenneth Swanson is considering a recommendation to close certain schools that he deemed unnecessary for use due to their…


Swanson selects education chief ousted from CNMI, former “owner” of Chinese communist-linked casino to lead GDOE finances

Kenneth Swanson, the new Guam Department of Education chief, chose a new deputy superintendent of finance so laden with scandal that the chairwoman of the board of education asked him…


Public health officials face more criminal charges as students go back to unsafe schools

As most public school students spent their first day back to school in unsafe, mold-infested classrooms, the two men responsible for forcing the Guam Department of Education to comply with…


Santos responds to GDOE overtime audit; paper trail shows U.S. DOE, governor, lawyers gave green light to overtime payments

Ignacio “Ike” Santos, the Guam Department of Education federal programs administrator who is the target of an audit and subsequent lawsuit on his approval of overtime during the pandemic, is…




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