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Garfield Heights board hears plan to audit student data after system conversion; officials warn of potential multi‑million dollar funding gap
Summary
District leaders told the board they uncovered years of enrollment and coding errors after moving to Infinite Campus, will run an internal student-by-student audit with ITC/Connect support, and cautioned a possible 350‑student shortfall that could cost about $3.3 million if not corrected.
Garfield Heights City School District leaders told the Board of Education on Feb. 10 that a multi‑year conversion to Infinite Campus revealed extensive data and coding errors that must be corrected to protect state funding.
The board heard that the district discovered students who were “hidden” after a ProgressBook-to-Infinite Campus migration, open‑enrolled students whose codes never updated on return, and more than 400 withdrawals recorded since July 1 that require review. Dr. Reynolds (district administrator) said the district will run an internal, student‑by‑student audit and asked for help from Connect (the ITC consortium) to do the work.
Why it matters: Ohio school funding is tied to full‑time‑equivalent (FTE) enrollment reporting. A district staff member warned the board…
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