CPS released a written statement reacting to the report. On the 77,000 lost laptops and other tech devices, CPS said, "the majority of the 77,000 assets … were well over 5 years old." The district added, "the typical lifespan of a computer is five years. Many of the lost assets were thrown out by schools due to their age."
Just
Detailed reporting:
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2...c-schools-inspector-general-finds-waste-fraud
The inspector found that in 36 schools all the devices assigned to students were marked as lost or stolen, but Fletcher said it was not clear there was an expectation for students to return the devices.
So basically,
1. Public money, nobody's money, so the school and the low IQ workers working there didn't give a fuck about tracking the devices bought during Covid
2. Students were like, hey they're never asking me about this Chromebook... Guess I'll just do a factory reset and make it my own!
@HOLA
It was almost all Federal money granted during COVID for Remote Classes. Which means the 5 year laptop claims is bullshit.
CPS reports thousands of computers missing — but rarely uses $3 million tracking system to find them
Some devices ultimately turned up but CPS’ inspector general blames the mess on a flawed system for recouping devices and tracking them.
chicago.suntimes.com
Thrust into online learning during the pandemic, Chicago Public Schools spent hundreds of millions in federal COVID-19 relief money on laptops and other devices over the past few years, heralding a
monumental shift for a school system in which computer access was limited to one where it’s now plentiful.
But CPS dived headlong out of the tech dark ages without strong tracking systems and has failed to upgrade them in recent years. Now, CPS’ inspector general says as many as 77,000 devices — worth more than $23 million — were marked as lost or stolen in just one year.
CPS responds
The school district says it is enhancing and streamlining its inventory system, and plans to hold principals and other staff accountable for complying with the asset management policy, according to a statement.
Chicago Public Schools agreed to implement all of the inspector general’s recommendations regarding this issue, to some degree. When it comes to holding principals and students accountable for lost devices, CPS says it will create a “cross-functional committee” to determine specifics. The district noted that it wants to “decide the best way to hold students accountable without overburdening families that are at or near poverty level.”
The school system also spends $2.6 million annually on services that allow the district to freeze devices or to geo-track them, but in the school year that ended in June 2022, only 11 devices were recovered using those services, according to the OIG report.
CPS requires schools to fill out police reports for all items designated as lost or stolen, but the inspector general said this was a useless activity.
“Indeed, key CPS officials could not cite any examples of any tech device marked lost in 2021-2022 that was later returned based on a Lost Property police report. CPS is eliminating the requirement that lost property police reports be filed, per the OIG recommendation,” the CPS IG wrote in the report.
Nice to know that filing police reports for stolen or lost property is just as useless for Schools as it is for Private citizens.... lol
And what a Return On Investment!!!! ... Spending almost $3 Million per year on a device tracking system helped them recover 11 devices out of the 22,000 lost/stolen.
Does anyone really want the Government to run Healthcare? lol... fucking idiots
