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Auditors on Fulton Science Academy: “Environment of resistance and obstructionism.” | Get Schooled

Auditors on Fulton Science Academy: “Environment of resistance and obstructionism.” | Get Schooled:


Auditors on Fulton Science Academy: “Environment of resistance and obstructionism.”

Here are examples of what the auditors reported encountering at Fulton Science Academy Middle School.
Here is a link to the full audit.
Here is a link to a letter from the school chief to the school board on this issue.
Here is a link to a blog on the implications of this audit for charter schools in general.
I have included wide swaths of the auditors’ accounts of blocking tactics by the school.
What makes these tactics troubling is that the school was a taxpayer-funded public school, authorized by Fulton County. The school’s elaborate obstructions protracted the time it took to complete this audit, delaying it by


Fulton school chief on charter school audit: Great concerns over problems at sister schools

Here is the letter that Fulton Superintendent Robert Avossa gave school board members today regarding financial questions about the Fulton Science Academy Middle School:
Here is a link to the audit.
Dear Board Members,
The school system’s responsibility to its charter schools goes beyond management, operations, 


Fulton charter school: How much are parents willing to overlook if their children are flourishing?

An alarming outside audit of a noted charter middle school in Fulton County found contracts awarded without the required competitive bidding process, conflicts of interest, co-mingling of funds, the hiring of Turkish citizens for staff positions for which there were qualified Georgians, payment of visas for family members of staff, payment of airline tickets for staff to return to Turkey for long summer visits and a lack of background checks on staff members who accompanied students to Turkey.
In a 90-minute meeting with the AJC, Fulton school chief Robert Avossa said the audit of the Fulton Science