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Whistleblowers allege Evergreen Public Schools funds misused

They say equipment, machinery given away during Mountain View High School reconstruction

By , Columbian staff writer
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The courtyard area of the new Mountain View High School building is seen during the final stages of construction earlier this summer. Whistleblowers allege that Evergreen skipped steps in surplussing old goods from the district's Career and Technical Education program that were funded by taxpayer money.
The courtyard area of the new Mountain View High School building is seen during the final stages of construction earlier this summer. Whistleblowers allege that Evergreen skipped steps in surplussing old goods from the district's Career and Technical Education program that were funded by taxpayer money. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Evergreen Public Schools may have violated Washington’s gift of public funds doctrine in its process of demolishing and reconstructing Mountain View High School this past summer.

Whistleblowers who brought the story to light said that equipment and machinery formerly used in the district’s Career and Technical Education program, potentially worth thousands of dollars, was given away by the district and its hired contractors to local shop workers and contractors just before the old building was demolished.

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