Guess How Baltimore City Schools Spent Some of Their Federal Stimulus Money (Hint: It Wasn’t for Education)
Dinner cruises. Fried chicken and biscuits. Theater performances. A mother/daughter makeover.
Such were activities that Baltimore City Schools spent using federal stimulus and Title I funds, a federal audit discovered.
WJZ13 spoke to Baltimore City Schools CEO Andres Alonso; he downplayed the “errors.”
“Anytime there’s an audit of Title I dollars, you’re going to see errors at the school level because schools spend money for what they need, and then sometimes they worry about if it fits the parameter of the grant later,” Alonso said.
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Dinner cruises. Fried chicken and biscuits. Theater performances. A mother/daughter makeover.
Such were activities that Baltimore City Schools spent using federal stimulus and Title I funds, a federal audit discovered.
WJZ13 spoke to Baltimore City Schools CEO Andres Alonso; he downplayed the “errors.”
“Anytime there’s an audit of Title I dollars, you’re going to see errors at the school level because schools spend money for what they need, and then sometimes they worry about if it fits the parameter of the grant later,” Alonso said.
more
Guess How Baltimore City Schools Spent Some of Their Federal Stimulus Money (Hint: It Wasn’t for Education) | Video | TheBlaze.com