Public meetings on MLSD finances begin tonight

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District will be holding a series of public meetings throughout October to address the district’s financial structure and issues that led to its current financial difficulties, according to a press release from MLSD. The first meeting will be held today from 6 to 7 p.m. at Sage Point Elementary, 4000 W. Peninsula Drive.  

The following meetings are Oct. 7 at Endeavor Middle School on Oct. 14 at Vanguard Academy and Oct. 22 at Frontier Middle School. All are from 6 to 7 p.m. 

There will be an opportunity to ask questions and work with MLSD officials to discuss the potential forensic audit. Interim Superintendent Carol Lewis also confirmed there will be a Spanish interpreter present for the meetings. However, the meetings will not be available virtually.   

“Well, the community meetings specifically are so that we can do a few things,” Lewis said during the Sept. 26 MLSD school board special meeting. “One is to do some basic explanation of how school district finance works. Then within that explanation, what we know went wrong in Moses Lake. Then to offer people an opportunity to ask questions and just open questions and we'll answer them as truthfully as possible with facts. Then the culminating question to the people who attend is, what will we need to move forward as a community?”