Bethlehem Area School District - $5.7 Million Budget Deficit

The Bethlehem Area School District obviously needs some financial overhauling.The Bethlehem Area School District has a $5,700,000 budget deficit and plans to increase property taxes by 5.4% to help curb the problem. The school board also put off accepting the audit report. Not to mention, that according to estimates to this date, $11,000 in laptop computers are missing. Apparently laptops went missing and then the following month more went missing. This is FRAUD and someone or numerous people are raking in the benefits of a clueless school district and superintendent. My questions are... who performs the financial audit? what are the comments made by the auditors? who is responsible for the finances of the school district? Someone needs to be held responsible. There is a Bethlehem Area School District Finance Committee Meeting scheduled for February 4, 2008 at 7:15pm at the Education Center Dinning Room.