Probe into Mill Valley School District credit cards completed
KTVU s Brooks Jarosz reports.
MILL VALLEY, Calif. - An independent audit of the Mill Valley School District’s credit cards that included a limo ride, food on the Sonoma Coast, and hotel charges, found no evidence of fraud, but did issue policy recommendations to protect against potential waste and abuse in the future.
A review of expenses was immediately ordered by the board in February following a KTVU investigation into district spending. The board hired Eide Bailly LLP at a cost of roughly $5,000, records show.
Thousands of dollars in meals, hotels, gifts, and trips charged to school credit cards were initially discovered by a group of parents that campaigned against the board and several superintendents in recent years out of fear taxpayers’ money and district funding was being abused.
School credit cards charged for hot air balloon ride, oysters and trips
School credit cards charged for hot air balloon ride, oysters and trips
Records show Mill Valley School District credit cards between 2014 and 2019 were charged for expensive meals featuring oysters, octopus and tartare, rental cabins at Nick’s Cove in Sonoma County, and a trip to Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe.
MILL VALLEY, Calif. - Enjoying a luxury limo ride to California’s wine county. Setting sail aboard a yacht in the San Francisco Bay. Or taking a trip to one of Tahoe’s ski resorts.
For some Mill Valley School District administrators, it was all expenses paid for what the district calls team-building and leadership growth.
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