IL - The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools spent more than $800,000 on items ranging from bug sweeps to alcohol for parties, an inspector general said.
Inspector General James M. Sullivan released a report containing a list of questionable spending under two former board presidents that included $3,000 to sweep offices for eavesdropping devices and $12,624 for holiday parties, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday.
A source familiar with the sweep said it occurred in July 2009, the same month that the board and board president were subpoenaed as part of a federal probe into admissions at elite Chicago public schools. (more)
