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| Author: | mrbsmom [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Chicago Public Schools' cappuccino bill: $67,000 |
Chicago Public Schools' cappuccino bill: $67,000 'A WASTE OF MONEY' | Report says staffers skirted rules to buy 30 coffeemakers January 7, 2009 BY ART GOLAB Staff Reporter agolab@suntimes.com Chicago public school bureaucrats skirted competitive bidding rules to buy 30 cappuccino/espresso machines for $67,000, with most of the machines going unused because the schools they were ordered for had not asked for them, according to a report by the CPS Office of Inspector General. That was just one example of questionable CPS actions detailed in the inspector general's 2008 annual report. Others included high school staffers changing grades to pump up transcripts of student athletes and workers at a restricted-enrollment grade school falsifying addresses to get relatives admitted. In the case of the cappuccino machines, central office administrators split the order among 21 vocational schools to avoid competitive bidding required for purchases over $10,000. As a result CPS paid about $12,000 too much, according to Inspector General James Sullivan. "We were able to find the same machines cheaper online," he said. "We also look at it as a waste of money because the schools didn't even know they were getting the equipment, schools didn't know how to use the machines and weren't prepared to implement them into the curriculum," Sullivan said. |
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| Author: | oldtimer [ Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chicago Public Schools' cappuccino bill: $67,000 |
Obama's main man in charge of Education was at the Helm..............Thats just Chicago...... |
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| Author: | Moby Grape [ Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chicago Public Schools' cappuccino bill: $67,000 |
mrbsmom wrote: Chicago Public Schools' cappuccino bill: $67,000 'A WASTE OF MONEY' | Report says staffers skirted rules to buy 30 coffeemakers Chicago Public Schools' cappuccino bill: $67,000 'A WASTE OF MONEY' | Report says staffers skirted rules to buy 30 coffeemakers this is what you get when democrats and unions run things...especially schools.... it's all about the money NOT the students.... I'm surprised teachers don't have take home vehicles.... |
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