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Board approves corrective action plan after audit finds food‑service recordkeeping gaps
Summary
Director Rhonda Allen reported an unmodified financial opinion for 2023–24 but a federal award finding tied to food-service meal-count records during the district's transition to CEP; the board approved a corrective action plan and the district filed it with the state.
Director Rhonda Allen presented the 2023–24 audit and summarized two key points: the auditor issued an unmodified opinion on the district's financial statements, and a single federal-award finding was identified in the food-service program related to meal-count recordkeeping during the district's early Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) rollout.
Allen told the board that auditors selected the food-service program for the single audit because the district exceeded the federal award threshold. The finding stemmed from three days of missing lunch paperwork at the high school during the CEP transition; the totals were later verified and corrected, but the supporting paperwork was not bundled for the auditors at audit time. She said the district immediately changed procedures to require computerized counts unless a computer issue forces a manual tally and now requires double verification for any manual tally.
"The totals were correct and the claim was in fact accurate, but the record keeping was lacking," Allen said. She read excerpts from food-services director John Barnes’s explanation and noted a corrective action plan had been filed on Tuesday with the state.
Following the presentation, a board member moved that the board approve the corrective action plan for finding number 2024‑001 from the 2023–24 audit as presented. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the board chair declared the plan approved and the district will implement the strengthened documentation and double‑verification steps described by the director.
Allen also reviewed broad fiscal highlights: a $4 million increase in the district's net position compared with the prior audited year driven largely by ESSER timing and lower debt-service interest expense, and a general‑fund revenue projection near $33.29 million with an estimated ending fund balance slightly over $4 million. She reviewed federal-grant allocations (Title I, Title II, IDEA and others) and confirmed the district will bring a supplemental budget next month if the board wishes to reallocate certain reserve funds related to projected PERS impacts.
The board approved the corrective-action motion by voice vote; the meeting record shows the corrective action plan will be implemented and monitored by district staff.
