INTERIM REPORT PERFORMANCE AUDIT CRANSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT BY THE JOINT PERFORMANCE AUDIT TEAM Thomas Sweeney – School Representative Walter Edge, CPA – School Representative Salvatore Augeri – City Representative Jeffrey D. Wadovick, CPA – City Representative Steven Woerner, CPA – City Council Representative February 5, 2009 Interim Report Performance Audit Cranston Public School District Purpose of Interim Report The Joint Performance Audit Team (Team) made up of two representatives selected by the City of Cranston, two representatives selected by the Cranston School Committee and one representative selected by the City Council was engaged to complete a Performance Audit of the Cranston Public School District (District) in accordance with Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS) (found in the “Yellow Book”). Both the City and the School Committee selected one Educational Expert and one Certified Public Accountant (CPA), expert in school finances. The Council’s representative is also a CPA. The Audit Team has completed a significant portion of the Performance Audit. The Team realized however, in December 2008, that if the Performance Audit was completed in February 2009 and the final Performance Audit Report (Report) issued in March 2009, the Report would be too late to assist the Cranston School Committee in the preparation of its fiscal ...