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Finance committee presses staff on recurring device repairs, vendor use and disputed charges
Summary
Members reviewed June and August transparency reports, asking staff about repeat ~$416 screen-repair charges, use of Soliant Healthcare for special education services, one-off curriculum charges, and six disputed/fraudulent card transactions resolved with the bank.
The Beaufort County Board of Education Finance Committee on Oct. 18 reviewed transparency reports for June and August and pressed staff for more information about several recurring and unusual expenditures.
Committee members flagged a recurring repair-ticket amount (about $416.23) for screen replacements and asked whether the district has analyzed buying more durable devices to reduce repeated repairs. Technology staff said district devices meet mil-spec standards but that truly rugged devices (e.g., “tough books”) would roughly double device costs; staff said a formal cost‑benefit…
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