Same old Detroit!-----How Did Detroit Schools Spend $286,596 On LA Conference? – Michigan Capitol Confidential

How Did Detroit Schools Spend $286,596 On LA Conference? – Michigan Capitol Confidential
"On Dec. 17, 2017, the Detroit Public Schools Community District sent the staff of its Office of Strategy to a 

• six-day conference in Los Angeles at a cost of $286,596.

...Other travel expense reports from the Detroit school district mention 

• $250,000 in spending for staffers to attend a May 2019 conference in Italy and 
• $240,000 for a six-day conference in Los Angeles in December 2018.

Michigan’s second largest school district is Utica Community Schools, and it has reported nothing comparable to the Detroit school for travel expenses. That district’s highest expense for out-of-state conferences in 2018-19 was $2,609..."
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