On her first day as Secretary of Education, Melody Schopp asked the director of the Office of Indian Education, LuAnn Werdel, to resign. Werdel unloaded…
Tag: Mid-Central Educational Cooperative
Remember back in March 2016 when KELO-TV reported that the South Dakota Department of Education had received warnings about misuse of federal GEAR UP grant…
There’s a lot popping with the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s inquiry into the GEAR UP scandal. Expect multiple posts. First up, Special Assistant Attorney…
In over three hours of testimony to the the Government Operations and Audit Committee in Pierre yesterday, Secretary of Education Melody Schopp said none of…
The mortally corrupt Mid-Central Educational Cooperative was supposed to dissolve last week. But at its supposedly penultimate board meeting on June 15, Mid-Central voted to…
Speaking of Mid-Central, Rep. Kyle Schoenfish (R-19/Scotland) is speaking of Mid-Central. The Scotland auditor has been circumspect (i.e., silent) about the work his family’s accounting firm…
The mortally scandalized Mid-Central Educational Cooperative will cease to exist next month. In its place, twelve of its thirteen member schools have formed the Core Educational Cooperative to…
Beleageured Co-op Denies Responsibility, Exits Stage Left The Department of Legislative Audit has released two important documents: its audit report for the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative for…
Hey, kids! Want to attend the creepiest camp in South Dakota? Tell your parents to send you to the New Hope Christian Camp and Retreat Center,…
Auditor General Briefs GOAC on Mid-Central/GEAR UP Tuesday; Nelson Demanding Answers from Schoenfish
Correction/Update 16:11 CDT: Auditor General Marty Gunidon e-mailed me to correct my original report. He will not be presenting his final report on Mid-Central/GEAR UP on Tuesday. He…