Monday, February 25, 2013
The public is invited to attend this presentation regarding audit findings of the Rockwood School District, the first new one in almost two decades.
Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich just announced Monday midmorning he will present results of his team's recent audit of the Rockwood School District at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lafayette High School Theater in Wildwood. Schweich will take questions from the audience as well. Read previous article: Rockwood Audit Cost Actually is Unknown Says Missouri Auditors' Staffer Spence Jackson, media director and spokesperson for Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich and staff, told Patch in July this audit was partially due to concerns voiced from a Rockwood watchdog coalition group called Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions. RS for RS representatives began a petition drive during the fall of 2011 for a state audit of the district, but the …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Unlike Rockwood School District's Monday announcement, state auditor spokesperson Spence Jackson tells Patch on Tuesday no estimated costs for compliance audit of the district were provided. Audit starts this month.
Spence Jackson, media director and spokesperson for Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich and staff, said it was premature to speculate on the costs of a Rockwood School District compliance audit that will be initiated this month. Rockwood issued an announcement Monday, as well as posting on the district's website, that the estimated cost of the compliance audit is $180,000. Patch published an article to that effect Monday, based on the Rockwood announcement. "We're not sure where Rockwood got that cost," said Jackson. "We haven't yet met with them and don't know exactly what the scope will be or how long it will take to complete. Until we meet, we don't have a cost estimate." Jackson said perhaps Rockwood officials based the estimate on the…
Monday, July 2, 2012
Rockwood School District representatives announced Monday afternoon they will cooperate with the Missouri State Auditor’s Office during an upcoming compliance audit that begins this month. Twenty-five other school districts were audited since 2005.
Each year, an independent audit of Rockwood School District finances is conducted. However, this year a compliance audit by Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich's staff will be added. Rockwood went through its last state compliance audit in 1994. The auditor’s office notified the district on June 25 of the upcoming schedule for the compliance audit, according to the Rockwood announcement. Rockwood School Board directors will place the item on the agenda for the July 12 Board of Education meeting to learn more about the process and determine how the district can support the State Auditor’s Office in the coming weeks. Rockwood’s compliance audit is not a result of a petition by the voters, according to Rockwood officials, so the state of …
Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions
12:48 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Mr. Rhodes Our source for those figures comes directly from the 2011 Comprehensive Financial Statement provided to us by the Rockwood School District. You can obtain your own copy of this report by going on the district website and clicking on the community tab and than the finance department link. Do you own research. The figures have not changed. If you would like to hear more about the … more ›