Post by Logan on May 7, 2016 0:42:30 GMT -6
Lincoln-Way spent $821,000 in activity funds on expenses critics question
Lincoln-Way High School District 210 has spent at least $821,284 in student activity funds on miscellaneous expenses, including purchases benefiting a private day care and the Superdog dog training school, a Daily Southtown review of records found.
Over the past decade, Lincoln-Way administrators have used activity funds to pay for board members to stay at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, buy $69,000 worth of mugs, purchase thousands of dollars worth of poinsettias and cover meals for staff and administrators, district records show.
The district also has used activity funds to pay Lincoln-Way's legal fees, cover tuition and mileage reimbursements for administrators, and pay membership dues for organizations such as the New Lenox Rotary Club, records show.
District policy says activity funds are meant to "support the activities of student organizations and clubs."In response to questions, Lincoln-Way community relations director Taryn Atwell acknowledged the district's use of activity funds for some non-student activities but said the "sources of this money were never required/supposed to be spent on student activities."
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-lincoln-way-student-activity-fund-st-0508-20160506-story.html
Lincoln-Way High School District 210 has spent at least $821,284 in student activity funds on miscellaneous expenses, including purchases benefiting a private day care and the Superdog dog training school, a Daily Southtown review of records found.
Over the past decade, Lincoln-Way administrators have used activity funds to pay for board members to stay at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, buy $69,000 worth of mugs, purchase thousands of dollars worth of poinsettias and cover meals for staff and administrators, district records show.
The district also has used activity funds to pay Lincoln-Way's legal fees, cover tuition and mileage reimbursements for administrators, and pay membership dues for organizations such as the New Lenox Rotary Club, records show.
District policy says activity funds are meant to "support the activities of student organizations and clubs."In response to questions, Lincoln-Way community relations director Taryn Atwell acknowledged the district's use of activity funds for some non-student activities but said the "sources of this money were never required/supposed to be spent on student activities."
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-lincoln-way-student-activity-fund-st-0508-20160506-story.html