New on the education beat

Long time, no post, but it’s been a busy couple of weeks with the new school year starting.

Monday was the first day for the largest school district around here. Not a whole lot happened, so that’s a plus compared to some districts in the country.

Earlier this week, the Illinois Auditor General released the audit for the Knox County Regional Office of Education. Not a whole lot was wrong with their financial reporting, which is a plus. The Henderson-Mercer-Warren Regional Office, however, had quite a few more issues, some dating back to 2003.

It’s troubling to me that the offices which are responsible for overseeing the education of children can go relatively under the radar, whereas local districts are constantly held up to severe scrutiny.

Here’s a piece I wrote on those two audits.

The full audits can be found (for Illinois only) at www.auditor.illinois.gov.