Rialto Unified employees allege student meal counts were inflated to collect more subsidies

Two top Nutrition Services administrators in the Rialto Unified School District have been placed on leave while district officials investigate whistleblower allegations that student meal count numbers were inflated for years to extract more reimbursement — possibly millions of extra dollars — from state and federal programs.
The Southern California News Group has learned the allegations first surfaced in the summer of 2023, and were under investigation by a forensics auditor hired by