Marysville school board was scheduled to hear state audit exit conference

What the records say

In the agenda published ahead of the May 18, 2026, board work-study session, the lead item was a Washington State Audit exit conference scheduled for 5:15 PM ¹. Three state audit staff were listed to present: Kirk Gadbois, assistant audit manager; Courtney Amonsen, audit manager; and Lingyun Zhou, audit lead ¹. The agenda itself does not say which part of the district's finances or operations was audited, and it includes no findings, report, or presentation materials for the item ¹. Because only the pre-meeting agenda is available, the record does not establish what the auditors presented or what the meeting's outcome was ¹.

• The May 18, 2026, work-study agenda placed a Washington State Audit exit conference first, scheduled for 5:15 PM, as the session's sole work-study item.
• Three state audit officials — an assistant audit manager, an audit manager, and an audit lead — were listed to present.
• The agenda includes no audit findings, report, or presentation materials for the item.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.

Why it matters

The agenda confirms a Washington State Audit exit conference was scheduled for the board's May 18 work-study session and that no findings, report, or presentation materials accompanied the item ¹. The record does not indicate what the audit covered or what the auditors concluded, so residents would need the final audit report or other follow-up records to learn the outcome ¹. Analysis: an exit conference is typically where auditors review findings with the agency before issuing a final public report, so any problems the auditors identified would normally surface later in the published report; the agenda gives no hint of what that report will say.

What changed / what's next

• The May 18, 2026, board work-study agenda lists a Washington State Audit exit conference as its lead work-study item at 5:15 PM ¹.
• Whether the state's final audit report or the session's minutes are later published; the agenda itself contains neither findings nor a report ¹.
• The record does not say which district finances or operations the state audit covered ¹.