In a 2016 meeting with the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board, Weber Pierson’s mother — then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber, now California’s secretary of state and once the chair of the city school board — scoffed at San Diego Unified’s claim to have a 91% graduation rate.
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The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
In a 2016 meeting with the U-T Editorial Board, Weber Pierson’s mother — then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber, now California’s secretary of state and once the chair of the city school board — scoffed at San Diego Unified’s claim to have a 91% graduation rate.
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U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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