At the Dec. 4th BOE meeting, the Superintendet gave a slideshow on the RCAA, The Board Of Education President asked the superintendent if the Scool Disctrict Beloit had been reimbursed for the Eclipse Charter School. The Superintendent looked right at him and said yes. I was watching a replay of the Dec. 18th BOE meeting on the TV and a Board member was talking to the SDB business manager and asked if the Eclipse school had recieved the reimbursment from the state. The business manager of the SDB said no, not yet. Does anybody at the SDB or BOE really know what's going on? Shouldn't the person in charge of a school district be on top of $ 150,000.00 and know if it has been recieved or not? We are talking about $1,200,000.00 in federal grants that could be lost by the SDB. $ 300,000.00 plus has been spent already, the BOE is expecting it's return. By DPI reg's both school's can spend $300,000.00 apiece this year. Where will the BOE get the money if the DPI doesn't reimburse? As a taxpayer, I think my fellow taxpayers deserve to know what is going on.

Concerned taxpayer,
Beloit, WI