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THAT NO ONE WAS WATCHING.
BOB, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN THE
NEWS CONFERENCE?
>>
AN EXTRAORDINARY NEWS
CONFERENCE BY THE AUDITOR
GENERAL THAT HE CONDUCTED
EXPRESSIONS OF
PUBLIC CONCERNS FOR WHAT'S BEEN
PENN
HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE AUDIT GOES ON FOR DOZENS OF
PAGES, BUT BREAKING OUT, HE
SAYS THE PROBLEM HERE WAS A
DERELICTION MUCH
DUTIES THAT
PUSHED THE PENN HILLS SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO THE EDGE OF A
FINANCIAL CLIFF.
HE DESCRIBED HOW DEBT
HERE
SKYROCKETED FROM $11 MILLION TO
BY
NOW, EVEN HIGHER OVER THE
COURSE OF FIVE YEARS.
A LONG-TERM
LACK OF OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE
FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT AND
ILLOGICAL BUSINESS DECISIONS
AND HE WENT
ON TO DETAIL OTHER
EXAMPLES HERE AND HERE IS
AUDITOR GENERAL HAD TO SAY.
>> FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT
PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE IT'S
SOME OF THESE ITEMS, THIS WAS
THE WORST SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDIT
SINCE
I'VE BEEN AUDITOR GENERAL
THAT WE'VE DONE.
THAT, NOT THE
WORK OF THE AUDIT, BUT I'M
TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE FOUND.
>> NOW, HE DID NOTE THAT
THERE'S BEEN
A TURNOVER IN THE
ADMINISTRATION AND IN THE
SCHOOL BOARD HERE, BUT HE
DID
SAY THAT THESE MATTERS ARE
SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT THEY'VE
BEEN HANDED OVER
AS WELL TO LAW
INVESTIGATORS, THE COPIES OF
THE
ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA.
WE'LL
HAVE MORE ABOUT THE STATE
AUDITOR GENERAL'S FINDINGS AND
THIS ON ACTION