At the March 20, 2013 BOE meeting, the operations department got the board to approve the purchase 15 Ford Fusions for administrators to use.
Superintendent Thurmond reminded the meeting this purchase was approved by the voters when SPLOST IV was approved.
There was a large pushback because the SPLOST IV project list only included "service vehicle replacement" and not ''administrator perks."
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As part of my recent open records request strategy to get responses from administrators, I requested the mileage of these Ford Fusions to see if they were driven as much as people were told they would be.
They have not been.
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The average mileage for the Fusion Fleet during the week of April 14 -18, was 2,792. None had been driven 10,000 miles. Three had been driven fewer than 1,000 miles.
I am sharing this as a reminder that the district staff is either not entirely truthful or lacks competence.
Keep this friendly reminder close by when you hear the district's talking points about the proposed budget.
