STEVENS POINT - A former Monroe School District business manager resigned his position as assistant superintendent of operations in Steven Point.
Mike McArdle's resignation was accepted by the Stevens Point Area Public School District Monday. The board voted 5-4 to accept the resignation, which is effective June 30.
McArdle said the Stevens Point Area Public School District is looking at a referendum to exceed spending limits and opponents in the district have used criticism of his work to try to defeat the referendum.
"I came to the conclusion that my past troubles are affecting the taxpayers ability to be informed," McArdle told the Times Tuesday. "They've brought up my past troubles from Nekoosa."
McArdle is under investigation in the Nekoosa school district in connection to $1.3 million overspent by the district in its 2007-09 budget, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.
"He was party to the district exceeding its 2007-08 budget without the board's approval when he was its business manager from 2006-08," the newspaper said.
In 2008, the Nekoosa district said most of the overspending was on technology upgrades, which were McArdle's responsibility.
McArdle said people in the Nekoosa School District have blamed him for the district's problems.
The paper reported that at Monday's school board meeting, Stevens Point Board President Dwight Stevens said he wasn't entirely happy with McArdle's job performance.
Superintendent Steven Johnson said consultant Nicholas Alioto was hired to review the district's budget and not a reflection on McArdle. When McArdle was hired by the Stevens Point district last year Johnson said the district had done a background check, including reference checks, before McArdle was hired.
Alioto told the board there were areas where the district's finances could be improved, including a coding error of almost $500,000 that went undiscovered until he told the business office, which is supervised by McArdle.
McArdle was the Monroe School District's business manager in 2005 when the board learned the district was unexpectedly $1.8 million over budget entering the 2005-06 school year. The deficit led to a series of budget cuts and, eventually, a referendum that was passed in 2007. McArdle announced his intention to seek early retirement a few months later, and then took a job as the business manager of the Nekoosa School District.
The Monroe School District eliminated 23 support staff members in September 2005, to help cut the previous year's $1.8 million deficit.
Also during the 2005-06 school year, the district ended up being over budget by more than $530,000. The inaccurate projections left the district with a negative fund balance of almost $500,000.
Mike McArdle's resignation was accepted by the Stevens Point Area Public School District Monday. The board voted 5-4 to accept the resignation, which is effective June 30.
McArdle said the Stevens Point Area Public School District is looking at a referendum to exceed spending limits and opponents in the district have used criticism of his work to try to defeat the referendum.
"I came to the conclusion that my past troubles are affecting the taxpayers ability to be informed," McArdle told the Times Tuesday. "They've brought up my past troubles from Nekoosa."
McArdle is under investigation in the Nekoosa school district in connection to $1.3 million overspent by the district in its 2007-09 budget, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.
"He was party to the district exceeding its 2007-08 budget without the board's approval when he was its business manager from 2006-08," the newspaper said.
In 2008, the Nekoosa district said most of the overspending was on technology upgrades, which were McArdle's responsibility.
McArdle said people in the Nekoosa School District have blamed him for the district's problems.
The paper reported that at Monday's school board meeting, Stevens Point Board President Dwight Stevens said he wasn't entirely happy with McArdle's job performance.
Superintendent Steven Johnson said consultant Nicholas Alioto was hired to review the district's budget and not a reflection on McArdle. When McArdle was hired by the Stevens Point district last year Johnson said the district had done a background check, including reference checks, before McArdle was hired.
Alioto told the board there were areas where the district's finances could be improved, including a coding error of almost $500,000 that went undiscovered until he told the business office, which is supervised by McArdle.
McArdle was the Monroe School District's business manager in 2005 when the board learned the district was unexpectedly $1.8 million over budget entering the 2005-06 school year. The deficit led to a series of budget cuts and, eventually, a referendum that was passed in 2007. McArdle announced his intention to seek early retirement a few months later, and then took a job as the business manager of the Nekoosa School District.
The Monroe School District eliminated 23 support staff members in September 2005, to help cut the previous year's $1.8 million deficit.
Also during the 2005-06 school year, the district ended up being over budget by more than $530,000. The inaccurate projections left the district with a negative fund balance of almost $500,000.