If money-saving drove last year’s illegal special education program, the school district seems to now find itself on the other side of the fiscal fence.
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Clean-up costs nearing $1 million
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Category Archives: Budgets & Spending
Forensic auditor hired to examine special ed expenses
Town financiers hired one of the nation’s largest accounting firms to perform a forensic audit into the school district’s expense reimbursements from the state for special education costs.
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District spends over $390,000 fixing special ed mess
A year of tumult sparked by an illegal special education program has cost Darien more than $390,000 to fix, according to invoices and salary information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
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Finance board: If there’s fraud, we will find it
While the town teemed with ghosts and goblins making their trick-or-treat rounds, a room full of Darien’s most powerful public figures sat to discuss how to engage a forensic audit into the school district’s special education grant applications.
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Special ed expenses and questions continue
Unbudgeted expenses continue to pile up on Darien Schools as the district works to fix a complex web of problems in its special education program.
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Legal and PR fees break six figures as district fights complaint
Darien Schools spent more than $124,000 on legal fees and public relations help from April through July as it navigates its way through an unprecedented special education problem.
Parents concerned over new special ed committee meeting structure
When the Special Education Advisory Committee met prior to March of this year, they were always joined at the table by a school administrator. But since 24 parents filed a complaint with the state Department of Education, administrators have been increasingly absent from sitting at the table with the committee.
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Schools given blank check for legal fight against parents
It’s been said that money can’t buy happiness, but according to finance board emails obtained by The Darien Times, money can buy a good legal fight.
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Budget stories covering Goochland public schools
New textbooks are history
Goochland County Public Schools will suffer a $1.9 to 2.5 million reduction from county funds for its 2010 budget, according to Dr. Linda Underwood, superintendent of schools. Continue reading
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