Greenville Independent School District
Greenville Independent School District (Greenville ISD or GISD) is a public school district based in Greenville, Texas, United States. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. Travis Elementary School was a 1987-88 National Blue Ribbon School. Schools. Secondary schools: Elementary schools: Pre-K Forensic audit. In December 2017, the Texas Association of School Business Officials found problems with the school district's finances. Residents urged the school board to do a forensic audit, but Superintendent Demetrus Liggins initially did not think a forensic audit was necessary. In early  2018, the school board hired an investigator to perform a forensic audit. In April 2018, the investigator announced that he could not find proof of payment for "$54 million out of the $72 million bond approved by voters in May 2014". According to the investigator, "former GISD officials engaged in cronyism, misappropriation of payroll assets, misconduct to include mismanagement and abuse of position, and theft by gift of tax payer monies". Days later, the school district board directed the superintendent to "report all alleged acts of misappropriation, whether outlined in the forensic audit or not, to the appropriate  law enforcement". The Texas Attorney General's office was asked to investigate the matter. As of June 2018, the Attorney General will not release information about the audit until its investigation is complete. Tax swap and drop. In July 2018, the district ran a phone survey to gauge public opinion about tax swap and drop. The survey included benefits of the proposal, but it did not mention that taxes would be lower without it. In October 2018, the district updated its website to include this extra information. In August 2018, the district school board proposed a tax swap and drop  measure, to be approved by voters in the 2018 midterm election (November 6, 2018). The proposal was narrowly approved, with 4,161 (52.39%) people voting in favor of it and 3,776 (47.61%) people voting against it. First Amendment lawsuit. In October 2018, the district was facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating First Amendment rights of residents. The district deleted comments on its Facebook page that were unfavorable to the district, including comments by a former school board member. After the district apologized, the legal challenge was rescinded.