District officials ignored own data, cost forecasts

Brian Sharp – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 4/22/2020 on page A1

State auditors on Tuesday spelled out in damning detail what City School District officials knew, or should have known, in preparing the 2018-19 budget — and what they did instead.

Time and again, the district ignored its own data and cost projections, seeming to arbitrarily reduce funding lines in order to balance an out-of-control budget.