By Bob Walsh
Regular
readers will remember I have written more than once recently about the
trials and tribulations of the Stockton Unified School District. The
people managing, or more properly mismanaging, the district have for
years replied to various oversight and audit recommendations with a
thunderous silence.
This
time around, with the possibility of the district going into
receivership in the near future (and a few people maybe being
prosecuted) the movers and shakers on the board have decided that just
maybe they should listen and heed.
The
district is about to review and revise (or at least they SAY they are
about to review and revise) ALL of their procurement policies and
regulations and record retention policies and regulations. They are
also going over Form 700 (personal financial interest and disclosure)
rules as well as Brown Act and conflict of interest training for board
members on an ongoing basis.
The
problem with all of this is of course what is REALLY going to happen.
If you get middle and upper management that WANT to circumvent or ignore
procedure they will figure out a way to circumvent or ignore
procedure. The people in charge of watching to make sure this does not
happen have to be willing to do their jobs, and the board has to be
willing to listen to them.
For
the last two years the district board has disputed the civil grand jury
reports and recommendations and has asserted that the grand jury was
paying too much attention to a "disgruntled minority." The November
2022 board elections MAY have given the three new members of the board
and one existing member that was the voice in the wilderness enough
oomph to actually get things done to keep the district out of
receivership. Maybe. We will see.
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