LAUSD spends millions on consultants

An audit detailing Los Angeles Unified's reliance on costly outside consultants to build schools has raised such concern for Superintendent Ramon Cortines that he called in a former bank executive to review the findings. George B. Sanchez in the Daily News.

Cortines asked Bill Siart, former chairman and CEO of First Interstate Bank Corp., to look at the audit, prepared by Inspector General Jerry Thornton, and a defense of the building program by construction chief Guy Mehula.

Siart was not paid for his work. Cortines did not detail the scope or conclusions of his review, but said he would release it Monday.