Lee's Summit R-7 School District

Fox C-6 Watchdogs This is what little we can find for Lee's Summit.  Their budget is harder to get than Fox C-6.  They don't allow their patrons to view as much. The district has not periodically solicited proposals for some professional services, and the district has used the same vendors for several years. Examples of professional services selected without a competitive process during the year ended June 30, 2013, include: Item Cost Disabled student transportation $ 211,072 Additional student transportation 179,209 Behavioral support and consulting 149,679 Primary legal counsel 114,005 Audit 27,999 Diversity initiative 12,000 The district has used the same auditor for 15 years, diversity initiative provider for 6 years, and primary legal counsel for 4 years without periodically soliciting proposals. For other examples noted above, the district identified the purchase as a single feasible source procurement, but did not document this information in writi...

Fox C-6 Watchdogs: Missouri Education Watchdog Says Local School Boards Should Be Abolished! Keep reading my friends. Missouri Education Watchdog Says Local School Boards Should Be Abolished! A recent article on the Missouri Education Watchdog website says that  Local School Boards Should Be Abolished . Missouri Education Watchdog  is based in the Kirkwood School District. I highly recommend reading their article. Local School Boards Should Be Abolished Fox C-6 uses the same law firm as the Camdenton School District that is mentioned in the article above. Last November Mickes Goldman O'Toole attorney Ernie Trakas told the Fox C-6 School Board that he didn't recommend having open discussions with the public like they do in the Rockwood School District. Some of our Fox C-6 school board members like John Laughlin were open to speaking with the public while others such as Dave Palmer were not. I mentioned what happened at the November 2013 Board Workshop in several articles la...

Fox C-6 Watchdogs: Getting Answers to Questions from the Fox C-6 School Board Is Extremely Difficult! It seems as though Lee's Summit and Fox C-6 have a lot in common.  Read my past posts. Getting Answers to Questions from the Fox C-6 School Board Is Extremely Difficult! Should the Fox C-6 school board answer questions from Public Comments per school board policy? Asking questions during Public Comment or emailing the Fox C-6 school is like speaking to or emailing a brick wall. I emailed the board on Friday March 28 the questions that I asked at the February 2014 school board meeting that still haven't been answered. It's been almost a week since I sent that email and I haven't received a single response or acknowledgement from the board or the administrators that they even received my email. I did get two Auto Replies. One was from Superintendent Critchlow stating that she was out of the office and another from a school board member stating that he was out of the o...

Fox C-6 Watchdogs: What About Those Bill Payments and Credit Card Payments? What About Those Bill Payments and Credit Card Payments? The April 2014 Fox C-6 School Board meeting will have marked 2 months since I asked the Fox C-6 School Board the following two questions: How can the school board approve Bill Payments when there are no payment descriptions documenting what each payment is for? How can the school board approve paying the credit card bills when they aren’t provided the credit card statements to document what was purchased with the credit cards? It's been nearly two months and these questions still haven't been answered by our school board or the school district despite several emails informing the board and Superintendent Critchlow that they still haven't answered the questions. Superintendent Critchlow stated at the November 5, 2013 school board workshop that every person who has asked questions during Public Comments has gotten answers to their questions. O...

Fox C-6 Watchdogs: New Bill Payments Report to Debut in May 2014 Board Packet I wish that our district would provide more information for their patrons New Bill Payments Report to Debut in May 2014 Board Packet I received an email from Fox C-6 Assistant Superintendent Dr. Lorenzo Rizzi on Wednesday April 14, 2014 in response to my Public Comments about the Bill Payments and Credit Card Statements I made at the April 2014 school board meeting. I also commented about the Bill Payments and Credit Card Statements at the at the February and March 2014 school board meetings as well. Dr. Rizzi's email stated: "I am writing to inform that beginning with the BOE May meeting, the payment of bills will show more detail which includes credit card purchases. These will be included in the board packets and posted on the website each month. I have scanned an example for your viewing." So, starting in May 2014, you will be able to download school board meeting packets and review the ...

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