MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - One of the highest paid employees in Montgomery County Public Schools has taken working from home to a new level, moving to Georgia last summer, according to real estate records...
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UPDATE: Members of the Maryland state legislature are urging the Prince George’s County School District to overhaul the rules for how board members use their taxpayer-funded credit cards, in the wake of an investigation by the News4 I-Team.Del. Alonzo Washington (D-Hyattsville) said he’ll consider introducing legislation in January to prohibit the district from issuing credit cards to its board members. Washington said the use of those taxpayer-funded credit cards for meals and local hotels, detailed in the I-Team report, is a concern for his constituents. Washington said,“They want us to do something about it,” Washington said
Washington said he’ll await the completion of an internal audit review of board credit card policy by the district before deciding whether to formally introduce the legislation.“I’d want to see significant changes,” he said.Del. Barbara Frush (D-Beltsville) said the district should consider cutting up the credit cards on its own.“It’s a huge mistake for them to use the cards so freely for meals,” Frush said. “I’m clearly concerned when public money is used for private purposes.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prince-georges-board-members-charge-thousands-in-local-restaurant-meals/2014/10/09/dabcf092-4fe6-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html?wpmk=MK0000200...The district also paid for overnight stays for some board members during its retreat at the Westin at National Harbor, which is less than 20 miles from district headquarters.
“It just doesn’t sit well, especially when you also hear that teachers don’t have access to printers,” said Juanita Miller, head of the education committee for the Prince George’s County branch of the NAACP. “Teachers are standing in line to make copies. The school system cut the budget for those types of things.”
Miller said the problem is not that the board members have credit cards but how they are using them.
David Cahn, an education activist who regularly attends board meetings, said the school system needs to impose limits on meals, similar to the federal government. The federal per diem for meals is $71, which does not include guests’ bills.
“I do not think school board members should have to pay out of their own pocket for legitimate expenses, but a lot of them don’t sound legitimate,” Cahn said...
UPPER MARLBORO – Prince George’s County Board of Education members used their county-issued credit cards on hundreds of meals and a local hotel stay, according to receipts and expense reports obtained by The Sentinel. Some parents in the community say they think board members should be more frugal, and one board member said expenses should be reviewed by the Ethics Board. However, some board members defended their spending habits.
According to receipts and expense reports obtained by The Sentinel through a Maryland Public Information Act request, board members used their cards for meals both locally and outside of the state. According to the school system’s internal audit department, 10 of the 14 board members have credit cards. Board members Edward Burroughs, Peggy Higgins, Segun Eubanks and Sonya Williams chose not to have cards.
Locally, some board members frequently eat at locations around the county such as Ruby Tuesday, Jerry’s Seafood and the Olde Towne Inn...
YOUR TAX $: Part-time school board buys thousands of dollars in dinners at restaurants near office @NBC4ITeam at 6pm pic.twitter.com/CgRVh7dXXY
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...Montgomery County public schools have taken in 985 students from the region in the past year, 107 of whom are without a parent or relative in the country. As they register the children, school officials in Montgomery try to ensure that the students are healthy and have access to a health clinic, said Dana Tofig, a school system spokesman. Montgomery County, like other school systems, is not equipped to handle intensive counseling, and Tofig said the system is turning to nonprofits for help in meeting those needs.
"Some of these students may be facing issues that might be beyond what we can handle," he said. "We are going to provide the services that kids need. Having more students who come needing more services, that does have a financial impact."...
"...I think if this is something that requires pre-approval and went through that process, it wasn't approved that's done. I mean it's done. I think in the pre-approval there should be an appeal
I can't even believe that we are in this world of - I mean, these are adults. They should know - . Obviously, in these last couple of days, I question that...
