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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's something like 20,000 employees at MCPS.  Presumably supervisors oversee what their employees are spending funds on.

My takeaway was that the BOE is supposed to approve of anything over $25k, and there were 7 vendors who received more than that amount, but it doesn't say what vendors.  In my head, instead of thinking the worst, am thinking 136 ESs each ordered $250 worth of educational and classroom supplies from Lakeshore Learning or something.

And of course there a quote from the Parent Coalition who always like to stir the pot and draw attention to themselves.

MCPS says they've already put new systems in place so it doesn't happen again. It is a new administration, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt[/quote]

[b]The vendors were all listed in the Inspector General's report. [/b]

You seem to have some memory issues too.  To refresh your memory,

[i]Recently obtained documents allege Ewald charged more than $460,000 on his MCPS-issued credit card between 2016 and 2022.

Those purchases include gift cards, furniture and items that were allegedly shipped to his home --- not to MCPS.

Other records show Ewald appeared to have paid off a loan for a $64,000 Lincoln Navigator with off-the-books reimbursements.[/i]

https://wjla.com/news/local/mcps-montgomery-county-public-school-transportation-official-charles-ewald-pleads-guilty-felony-theft-scheme-illegal-charges-investigation-documents-todd-watkins

Maryland law states that any vendor that is paid over $25,000 a year is to have that spending be approved by the Board of Education.

What is your imagination telling you about $10,000,000 that makes that less than $25,000?  [/quote]

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