The Northern Bedford School District held a school board meeting Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020, the first meeting of the new year.

As part of the meeting, Jeff Koontz of Ritchey, Ritchey & Koontz, Bedford, presented the board members with audit findings for the 2018-19 school year. Koontz explained that there were “no discrepancies” found in the financials for the 2018-19 school year.

He also gave a brief explanation of some of the components of the audit. As part of this audit, it was found that the school had a surplus of $598,000, which the school board moved to transfer from the General Fu...