Initial results from a forensic audit of the West Bonner County School District have been postponed as the auditing firm waits for additional documentation.
To prepare the preliminary report, Waldren said the firm needed all data for the audit period of 2018 to 2023 by Aug. 1. However, as of Aug. 25 the date Eide Bailly planned to deliver the report some of the data needed had yet to be given to the firm.
Also, a Secretary of State filing listing the district as a non-profit has raised concern that some on the WBCSD board are attempting to convert at least part of the district into a charter school. District officials said that is not the case and is merely an effort to move the audit forward.
I have refrained from involving myself in the recall election, as doing otherwise would be entirely inappropriate. However, given this newspaper's decision to publish articles and letters directly mentioning me, I believe it is appropriate to address the numerous falsehoods and misinformation that have been circulating. Among these is a recent letter from a disgruntled former employee of the West Bonner County School District, who has levied a series of baseless accusations and statements.
West Bonner superintendent Branden Durst was directed by school trustees to apply for a State Board of Education emergency provisional certificate by the end of the month.
Their action ends a months-long struggle between Durst and the State Board. Durst was unwilling to apply because of his belief that two superintendents cannot hold emergency provisional certifications at the same time, a claim dispelled by the State Department of Education.
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