Hamilton school board appeals audit amid allegations it misused federal money The new superintendent of the Hamilton Township School District inherited a $145,000 problem, but Dr. Scott Rocco is defending his predecessors against allegations they improperly spent tens of thousands of dollars in federal funds. Fiscal investigators at the New Jersey Department of Education reviewed Hamilton’s spending practices from July 2013 through June 2014 and determined the district’s leadership during that 12-month period made over $145,000 in unallowable expenditures using federal funds and ordered the district to refund the money back to the New Jersey treasury. But Rocco, who became the district’s top administrator in May, says the district has proof ... Continue reading... http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20171102/NEWS/171109937
