📜 LADY BUDGETDOWN | CHIPPEWA VALLEY SCHOOLS
Not every public record contains a red flag. Sometimes it simply contains spending taxpayers may not know exists.
Chippewa Valley Schools' 2023-24 state-required transparency disclosure reports:
💰 $86,811.61 in district funds spent on association dues.
Among the larger payments reported:
🔹 Cognia, Inc. — $24,000.00
🔹 Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) — $10,423.77
🔹 Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP/NASSP) — $9,991.00
🔹 School Nutrition Association — $5,376.00
🔹 Metropolitan Detroit Bureau of School Studies — $3,950.00
🔹 Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA) — $3,526.26
🔹 Hospital Purchasing Service — $3,275.00
🔹 Macomb ISD – Tri County Alliance — $3,000.00
The remainder was distributed among numerous professional and student associations covering areas such as administration, curriculum, transportation, counseling, athletics, music, art, special education and other district functions.
Is $86,811.61 inappropriate?
This document doesn't answer that question, and Lady Budgetdown isn't going to manufacture a controversy where the records don't establish one.
But $86,811.61 is still public money, and taxpayers deserve to know where public money goes.
Sometimes transparency isn't about finding something wrong. It's simply about making something visible.
📜 Source: Chippewa Valley Schools, State-Required Transparency Reporting, Section 5 — Annual Amount Spent on Dues Paid to Associations, 2023-24.
With receipts and respect.
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