Financial Shenanigans at CA Schools
SANTA ANA – Orange County’s largest school district has been ordered to repay $2.7 million that it illegally debited from its student meal program over the past five years, just one finding in a sweeping state audit released Wednesday that examines misuse of money intended to feed impoverished children.
In one instance, the Santa Ana Unified School District billed a $301,000 kitchen roof repair to its student meal program, even after being informed by state officials twice – in writing and in person – that student meal funds could not legally be used to fix the central kitchen’s roof.
Source: Orange County Register. Read full article. (link)
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It goes without saying that no individual will be held accountable for the fraudulent mis-use of funds. They are public servants, only interested in serving the public (and collecting their retirement benes).