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School board audit report due soon Results of an audit of finances and operations of Howe Sound School District #48 is due soon, says school board chair Constance Rulka. "We're expecting the report within the next week," Rulka says.

School board audit report due soon Results of an audit of finances and operations of Howe Sound School District #48 is due soon, says school board chair Constance Rulka. "We're expecting the report within the next week," Rulka says. The investigation was initiated by a teachers federation request last year. The school board was facing financial constraints and the teachers federation — anticipating a call to cut teachers’ salaries — wanted to make sure the board was spending every dollar efficiently. Although the federation asked that a ministry of education field team undertake the system audit, the school board appointed an outside investigator. "He's doing a very thorough job," Rulka says. About 150 interviews were done as part of the fact-gathering process. Both the school board and the teachers federation are anticipating the investigator's report. "The results of the report will be non-binding on the school board," says a spokesperson for the teachers federation. "We will wait to see if the board will act on any of the recommendations." The wait will take a couple weeks, at least. Once the report is handed in the board is planning a retreat to get a good look at the report and make some conclusions of its own , Rulka says. The public will get its own look at the report sometime later.