Professor Elam

I have published numerous articles concerning the financial train wreck of the Dallas Independent School District.  ONe month into the new school year the Superintendent Hinojosa is recommending laying off 1209  employees including 675 teachers. Seems ther is a $84 M budget shortfall. Such finanical mismanagment has been a hallmark of his administration.  Last year a credit card scandal involving millions of dollars of wrongful charges went virtually unchecked and unpunished. Now this.

Accounitng is all about proper reporting and internal control procedures. Auditing is a process to make sure such controls are in place and functioning properly. When they do not, this is the sort of thing that happens.

The entire bunch should resign, the Board and the Supt, I suspect the state will step in to at least show the rest of the State that there is some line in the sand that cannot be crossed.

Meanwhile read about the trainwreck in Detroit.

OR read about the worst school district in the nation spending $17,000 per student or as the article is entitled, Gimme an F!