State auditors are investigating Richard Allen schools after discovering $89,067 in misspent funds.
Four separate audits of Richard Allen Schools 2009 finances uncovered $9,739 in overpayments to school board members; $48,567 in state funds used to replace heating systems in buildings owned by the schools’ private management company; $27,300 unaccounted for from a Montgomery County Job and Family Services contract earmarked for summer and after school programs; and $3,461 for other reasons including improper spending on travel.
The schools had a combined deficit of $1.3 million. Richard Allen operates four charter schools in Dayton and a fifth in Hamilton.....
OMG! How do schools have a deficit of $1.3 million??????? Who was the auditor before Yost? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Mary Taylor.
The DaytonDailyNews had this on this Richard Allen charter school scandal:
....Another $3,461 in improper spending for travel and other reasons was found as well as issues of noncompliance to state law including charging students a fee to attend disiplinary (sic) Saturday school. Of the misspent money only $2,221 has been repaid, the audit said. School founder, president and CEO Jeanette Harris is liable for some of the misspent money....
Very interesting. Can you guess which political party Jeanette Harris contributed to in the last election? Here is the data from FollowtheMoney for Ohio for 2010:
HARRIS, JEANETTE
Total Given to Date: $1,000 (1 records)
Contributor Type: Individual
Address: DAYTON, OH
Employers Listed: RICHARD ALLEN SCHOOLS
The Republican Party = 100%
Contributor Type: Individual
Address: DAYTON, OH
Employers Listed: RICHARD ALLEN SCHOOLS
The Republican Party = 100%
