Voice of San Diego's didn't go over very well with district leaders. Former VOSD education reporter Mario Koran found that some of the school district’s lowest-performing high school students  — sometimes at the urging of school employees — which helped the district land a 91 percent graduation rate in 2016. The district worked aggressively to push back against those findings. It posted a web page aimed at refuting the reporting, and it hired a PR professional to spread the word about its grad rate achievement. And yet, a new with San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten revealed that the district did end up quietly forming a committee to look at grad rates. That committee released a , and the report confirms Koran's major findings, including that nearly a third of students left district high schools for charters. Among the report's recommendations is keeping tabs on the number of students who leave for district charters schools and identifying how many of them are behind academically. In this week's podcast, Andrew Keatts, Sara Libby and Scott Lewis walk us through VOSD's graduation rate investigation and the district's surprising reaction to it. The crew re-enacts segments of the U-T editorial board interview in which Marten and the district's chief public information officer, Andrew Sharp, who chimed in a few times, talk about forming the committee to look at grad rates. The hosts also bring to life another part of the interview in which Sharp responds to a question about lead in water at schools and the district's insistence that it needs new bond money to pay for new pipes, despite the fact that the district has said in two previous bond measures that it would replace pipes at several schools that have . Also on the podcast: legal pot shops like some officials said they would, and a few thoughts on that that broke the internet. Hero of the Week The hero is MTV, which launched "," a new reality television show that follows a young mom squad based in San Diego. Libby digs it. Goat of the Week Grain beetles are the goat. The microscopic critters were the Padres gave away to fans at a recent game. The jerk beetles ruined what was meant to be a fun, friendly promotion. Call Voice of San Diego at 619-354-1085 and leave a message with your comment or question. We may end up using your voicemail in a future show.