Report: Chicago schools faked addresses, spent $67,000 for cappuccino

Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - January 8, 2009, 06:57AM

A recent audit of Chicago‘s public schools found that officials violated contracting rules by spending $67,000 on cappuccino machines, changed athletes’ grades and falsified students addresses, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Apparently, all the transgressions were part of the school system’s program for training students and employees for public office.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom’s internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.