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Friday, October 22, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 43
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Mineola BOE to hold vote $4.25M proposal to expand campus BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The Mineola Board of Education is holding a community referendum on Tuesday to possibly expand Mineola High School’s campus. Residents in the school district will vote on a $4.25 million proposal to purchase commercial property at 2400 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park, according to a news release. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS The site, the current home of Sperry Associates Federal Roslyn High School’s student government, the Organization of Class Councils (OCC), hosted a meet and greet for the Credit Union, sits adjacent to 50 new high school students who moved into the district for the academic year. See story on page 47. the existing high school on an 1.5-acre property and its acquisition would come at no additional cost to taxpayers, the district said. Undesignated fund balance monies, otherwise known as the district’s surplus, will be used to finance the purchase. Recently, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cited fiscal mismanagement by the board ments for April, May and June, capital funds accounts for the ties. BY B R A N D ON in regard to having too large a Findings are defined as misaccording to a presentation at a quarter. D U F F Y surplus under state guidelines. The presentation was bro- statements or errors that lead to Board of Education meeting on The board disputed the findings ken down into total claims, incorrect financial statements. The Roslyn public schools Oct. 7. Continued on Page 45 had almost no questionable payThe overall incident report Shari Diamond, partner for total findings and overall inciCerini & Associates LLP, the dent percentage over the three reflects the number of issues district’s claims auditors, months. Claims are made by Ro- that do not affect financial stategave the firm’s findings on slyn’s business office staff, which ments that are relevant to an payments made from the determines that payments were audit. Out of the district’s claims general, trust and agency, made to eligible parties. Cerini for the quarter, there was one Continued on Page 45 school lunch, federal, and then searches for any irregulari-
Roslyn district audit finds few issues Summary report over three months reveals incidents on less than 1% of claims
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