SocraticGadfly: OK, so Lancaster ISD is just off $14 mil, not $17 mil

April 12, 2007

OK, so Lancaster ISD is just off $14 mil, not $17 mil

And it’s “just” bad accounting practices, not embezzlement.

The LISD audit still has to be seen as reflecting badly on Superintendent Larry Lewis. After all, former chief financial officer Eugene Smith was a “prize hire” of Lewis’ 18 months ago.

There’s also this:
Eugene Smith is no longer with the school district, but Lewis has said that departure was not connected to the audit.

Well, then to what reason IS his departure connected?

Lewis goes on to cite “rumors” and “naysayers” who will never be satisfied. Well, earlier, more proactive communication would have helped at one time; that train is way out of the station, though, and isn’t coming back.

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