Dearest reader,
Step 4 takes us into the Midland Public Schools check register. 🪶
And as always, the ledger has a few checks worth pausing over.
📋 Consulting & Professional Services
Sarah Owens Consulting — $68,950
Strategic Intervention — $28,000
Munetrix LLC — $9,484
Seward Consulting — $9,000
Total: $115,434
Sarah Owens Consulting alone received $68,950, with payments coded to professional development/in-service training and coaching, including RISE coaching.
⚖️ Legal
Thrun Law Firm — $32,892.93
Poznak Dyer Kanar — $24,139.25
Taft Stettinius & Hollister — $4,962.02
Total: $62,794.20
✈️ Travel
One item caught my attention:
Cadillac Travel Inc. — $13,688.64
Description: DECA Conference
Now, context matters.
A check register tells us what was paid, to whom, and often where it was charged. It does not always tell us whether an expenditure was reasonable, necessary, unusual, grant-funded, reimbursed, or ultimately beneficial to students.
That requires another breadcrumb.
For now, these are simply the checks.
And the checks belong in the ledger. 🪶
With receipts and respect,
Lady Budgetdown
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