AN UPDATE on the Loyalton Middle School was given during the Sierra-Plumas Unified School Board meeting on March 19th in Loyalton. Superintendent Sean Snider stated the Middle School Advisory Committee had a productive first meeting. Randi Jones, Director of Business Services, has been in communication with the California Department of Education around the necessary school funding and there’s some question around whether it can be funded under that funding model. They were hoping for enhanced revenues as well as the education value in separating it from the high school. They are waiting for confirmation but Snider felt it would be wise to think of a Plan A and Plan B. Plan A would have the middle school funded as a necessary small school and Plan B would be pulling back certain pieces and just moving forward with accomplishing the goal of a middle school without all the "bells and whistles." He stated they’d just learned of this last week and will have further conversations.
THE 2023-24 AUDIT for Sierra Plumas Joint Unified School District and Sierra County Office of Education was presented to the School Board on March 19th in Loyalton by Singleton Auman PC. This is the first year doing the audits and stated they went well and offered a clean opinion after prior year adjustments and noted increases in revenues from the prior year for both the County and District
In their Findings they stated, the District is too small to have an ideal set up for internal controls and noted inadequate segregation of duties existed in several areas. Randy Jones, Director of Business Services, stated he talked with the auditor to do what they can to mitigate this and plans to look at ways to address concerns with the findings.
The second finding noted the District had not provided accurate or timely cash balance information throughout the year.
THE 2023-24 AUDIT for Sierra Plumas Joint Unified School District and Sierra County Office of Education was presented to the School Board on March 19th in Loyalton by Singleton Auman PC. This is the first year doing the audits and stated they went well and offered a clean opinion after prior year adjustments and noted increases in revenues from the prior year for both the County and District
In their Findings they stated, the District is too small to have an ideal set up for internal controls and noted inadequate segregation of duties existed in several areas. Randy Jones, Director of Business Services, stated he talked with the auditor to do what they can to mitigate this and plans to look at ways to address concerns with the findings.
The second finding noted the District had not provided accurate or timely cash balance information throughout the year.
