Mobile, Al — A state audit of Mobile County Public Schools flagged money-handling and purchasing problems tied to four schools, including missing or incomplete documentation for local school receipts, late purchase approvals and a separate unresolved issue involving Theodore High School.
The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts filed its audit of the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2025. The report gave the school system an unmodified opinion on its financial statements, meaning auditors found the district’s financial statements fairly presented its financial position in all material respects.
But the audit also identified significant deficiencies in internal controls over financial reporting tied to local school money procedures. The findings centered on Eichold-Mertz Magnet School, Clark-Shaw Magnet School and Council Traditional School. A separate comment in the audit said the district’s internal auditor found “significant noncompliance with Board policies and procedures” at Theodore High School after reviewing that school’s cash receipts and disbursements for the previous fiscal year…