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BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, AND
MOST RECENTLY BY THE STATE
AUDITOR JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
>> WE KNOW NO OTHER SCHOOL
INVITED THIS LEVEL OF SCRUTINY.
BE IN 2014, THEN-STATE AUDITOR
ADAM EDELEN CALLED JEFFERSON
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS A BLOATED
TWO YEARS LATER, HE FEELS
VINDICATED.
REALLY IMPORTANT
OF THE SCHOOL BOARD UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS A SCREAMING NEED
I WILL GIVE THEM CREDIT ALL STOP
THEY DID TAKE SOME OF THE HARD
TRUTHS AS A RESULT OF THE
IMPLEMENTING THEM.
BE THE 260-PAGE AUDIT TOOK AIM
AT DISTRICT SPENDING, IN
PARTICULAR, CENTRAL OFFICE
SALARIES.
AT THE TIME, 369 ADMINISTRATORS
THE STUDY SHOWED JCPS CENTRAL
OFFICE EMPLOYEES MADE MORE THAN
OTHER CENTRAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES
IN COMPARABLE DISTRICTS.
HOWEVER, A FINDING EDELEN DIDN'T
BRING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO
THE TIME WAS THAT JCPS'S
YEAR
SALARY, OUTPACED PEER DISTRICT
AVERAGES.
CURRENT AND FORMER BOARD MEMBERS
SAY EDELEN WAS TRYING TO GAIN
POLITICAL GAIN.
AN
INVESTIGATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A SPECIFIC SCOPE OF WORK.
OUR EFFORT WAS TO DETERMINE HOW
MUCH MONEY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
FROM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
BEN: NOW THAT THE STUDIES ARE
DISPARITIES BEGINS.
THE DISTRICT WILL LOOK AT
FREEZES, AS WELL AS OTHER MEANS
TO CREATE FINANCIAL EQUITY
>> NOW THAT THEY