Nevada R-5 district receives clean audit

Auditor B. G. Wolfe gave the Nevada R-5 School District a clean bill of health on the annual audit at the Board of Education's monthly meeting Wednesday evening. Wolfe told the board that auditors looked at several factors including the system of internal controls and also compliance with federal, state and local laws when compiling information.

"We found no significant deficiencies or material weakness in our audit," Wolfe said.

One change Wolfe noted was how the auditors treated the Nevada R-5 Foundation, which in the past has been treated as a part of the district but from now on will be treated as a separate entity. The audit also found no problems with the foundation.

"In the past we have called the Nevada school foundation a component unit of the school," Wolfe said. "It's still in the report, but now it's treated as supplemental information."

The board approved a contract with four providers of supplementary educational services for the 12 students that are currently in the program. Superintendent Dr. David Stephens said the parents of the students can choose which provider to work with. The cost of the program is limited to $1,163 per student, per year.

The four providers; Innovative Educational Concepts, Carver Learning System, inc., Club 2!, inc., and ABC Tutors, inc., mostly provide their services online. The supplementary education services help students in the free and reduced lunch program with tutoring and other services to help them achieve grade parity with their classmates.

"The information they provide must be secular, neutral and non-idealogical," Stephens said of the SES contractors. "The services must be separate and apart from the school and it's programs."

The board approved the school bus routes after a presentation by Tyson Beshore, assistant superintendent. Beshore said the routes were the same as the last five years, but could be changed if the distribution of students changed.

Board member Larry Forkner asked about the length of some routes: "Do we have any complaints from students at the far reaches of the district about spending too much time on the bus?"

After Beshore said there hadn't been any complaints, the board approved the routes.