Greenwood Leflore school district catches up on overdue audits

Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District has submitted its fiscal year 2024 audit to the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, and that review is now under way as the district starts fieldwork for its 2025 audit. Dr. Kenneth Pulley said the 2025 work began in June, a sign that the district is trying to close the gap on financial oversight at its headquarters on Highway 82 West in Greenwood.

The timeline shows how much catching up remains. State auditor records show the district’s limited internal control and compliance review for the year ended June 30, 2023, was completed and dated Aug. 12, 2024. A separate audit contract dated July 28, 2025, put Brown CPA, PLLC, under agreement with the State Auditor’s Office and the school district for the 2025 contract audit. Together, those records show Greenwood Leflore moved from one delayed review to the next rather than starting from scratch.

That matters because school audits are one of the main ways the public, state officials and district leaders verify that money is being tracked correctly and spent according to law and policy. When those audits lag, parents, teachers and taxpayers have less timely confirmation that payroll, contracts, grants and classroom spending are being handled cleanly. For a district already working through a corrective action plan approved by the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board in 2025 to address deficiencies from the 2024-2025 school year, the audit backlog adds another layer of scrutiny.

The district’s audit catch-up also comes against a broader state backdrop. In 2022, the Mississippi State Auditor’s office identified Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District, Kemper County School District and South Pike School District as systems that could save taxpayers millions annually through operational changes. That earlier review put Greenwood Leflore on the state’s radar long before the current audit cycle, and the latest filings show the district is still under pressure to tighten financial controls.

For families in Greenwood and Leflore County, the next milestones are the State Auditor’s review of the 2024 audit and completion of the 2025 work. Those steps will show whether the district’s books are finally moving back onto a regular schedule, or whether more corrective action will be needed before the district can fully restore confidence in how local school dollars are managed.