A follow-up report from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has uncovered additional alleged financial management failures in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, including roughly $15 million in expenditures that were kept off the district’s books for months.
The Rapid Response Special Report was released after an earlier investigation into the district’s estimated $46 million budget deficit. The new report focuses on the district’s financial activity during fiscal year 2025. The auditor’s office stated that in this period, the district delayed recording millions in costs and failed to follow basic financial oversight practices.
“Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools remains far from having healthy budgeting practices in place,” state Auditor Dave Boliek said in a statement. “Approximately $15 million in expenditures were not properly recorded for months, and the school system yet again failed to complete monthly reconciliations.”…