Remarks by Mr. Anthony Atala
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“Good afternoon. Welcome to the July 28th School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee meeting. Could we start with introductions?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Do I have a motion to approve the meeting agenda? Second. Second. ALL THOSE IN AGREEMENT RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 3, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AUDIT AND BUDGET ADVISORY MEETING OF MAY 19, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Do I hear a second? All those in favor respond with aye. Motion carries. Moving on to agenda item number five, the planning communication to the members of the school board of the Miami-Dade County, Florida Audit Committee and Management for the fiscal year ended June 30th, issued by the district's independent external auditor, Forvis Massar's LLP. Goodman.”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“And have you reviewed what our previous external auditor has done kind of as a benchmark to what we have, what we expect, what we've done in the past?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Any questions? Um, I just had a question with regard to the Benjamin Franklin K eight center. Um, two questions with regard to the, I was concerned with item 1.6 on page 39 where there was a vendor that was paid twice. Um, has that money come back to the school of the district? Do you know?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right. I'll just – yeah, that caught my attention. vendor that was paid twice. I'm hoping that we can get a follow-up with regard to getting reimbursed if we did pay somebody. Is that vendor still an active vendor for either the school or the district?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Any other questions? Do I hear a motion?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Second. All those in favor respond with aye.”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Moving on to... Can I ask a quick question? Go ahead. Through the chair. John, first of all, you should frame this as a love note for you, I think, here. And thank you for you and your team. I think we could all attest to how hard you guys work. We're very appreciative of your team. The one thing is with regard to the last one, the superintendent select cabinets and senior staff, I realize that it's only two people. I'm not gonna ask for identity, but I think that this is one that maybe can we expand on this like for the next year that it's not two that we send it to more seniors so that we…”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. And follow up to the chair. So what is the ultimate outcome of this report? Because I read it and I know that it's a problem. It shouldn't happen. We have a lot of people who are no longer affiliated with the district involved in this. We have state attorney's office that didn't want to accept prosecution. I do see potentially riddled here, false information to a law enforcement officer, potential perjury. I don't know if it was under oath, a sworn statement or not, What's the ultimate outcome out of this, is I guess what my question is.”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. So presumably, through the chair, presumably by your next audit, the first four phases should be completed, because I think that ends June 2027. Is that fair?”
School Board Audit and Budget Advisory Committee · Jul 28, 2026