LINCOLN- Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley has confronted a southwest Nebraska school district for what he views as improper use of nearly $125,000 from a student nutrition fund to help buy a pair of “massive video scoreboards” installed in the school gym. Foley described the purchase by the Chase County School District as a “direct violation of the guidance issued to the school district from the Nebraska Department of Education” on how to use a surplus from the nonprofit school food account.

A response from a law firm representing the school district was included in the audit team’s findings. It said the Chase County district was confident it “appropriately and transparently” purchased the video display boards after consulting with the NDE, and was “heartened” that its regular annual auditor agreed.

The law firm added that while the boards are used for sports, they also display nutritional information. It said the district has a long-standing practice in which students line up on the walking track of the gym, where the boards communicate nutrition information to students on their way to the cafeteria.

For the full article click HERE