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Putnam County schools outline corrective actions for 12 operational-audit findings, set May 3 evidence deadline
Summary
District staff told the school-board workshop they have implemented policies, logs and procedural changes across vehicles, inventory, payments, purchasing-card access, transparency and IT controls in response to Auditor General report 202638, and said 180-day evidence is due May 3, 2026.
Miss Whitehurst, a district administrator, told the Putnam County School Board workshop that staff have completed or begun corrective actions addressing all 12 findings in Auditor General report 202638 and are prepared to submit 180-day evidence by the May 3, 2026 deadline.
She summarized the timeline for the audit: auditors provided preliminary findings Oct. 1, 2025; the district sent a response Oct. 28; the final audit issued Oct. 29; corrective-action initiation began Nov. 4. "The 180-day evidence of what we completed" is due May 3, 2026, Whitehurst said, and staff said they could file the evidence earlier if no further issues surfaced.
The district described changes in several operational areas. For district vehicles, staff said they now require daily…
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