On Saturday, Nov. 22, the Rialto Unified School District released a statement detailing the findings of a nearly two-year forensic investigation into its Nutrition Services program and pledging stronger fiscal oversight going forward.
District officials said the independent review, launched in December 2023 and completed in October 2025, examined allegations involving how meal counts were reported for reimbursement.
Investigators concluded that daily counts for the regular school-year meal program were largely accurate, but found errors in the totals reported to the state during portions of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and 2022, as well as in the district’s summer feeding programs in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Those inaccuracies resulted in the district receiving more funds than it was entitled to…