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Portions of the city of Pomona (particularly the triangle bounded by Foothill Boulevard, Thompson Creek, and the city of La Verne ) are in the Claremont Unified School District . E-RATE ABUSE In July 2005 , the '' Inland Valley Daily Bulletin '' published a series of articles stating that the school district was using E-Rate funds inappropriately. E-Rate funds are monies collected from a federal Excise Tax on the use of telephones. Under an audit conducted by the organization that administers E-Rate funds, the district was found to have purchased 460 Powerbook laptops inappropriately, claimning they were " File Servers " by virtue of having installed the server edition of Mac OS X on them. The laptops were not used by teachers for file serving purposes, and many laptops were used to play movies or games. The audit also stated that the district spent too much money on the laptops (a total of $2.4 million, or over $5,000 per laptop), and that there was Nepotism involved in the selection of the contractor, who is the brother of the district's technology coordinator. In response, the PUSD sued the newspaper alleging Libel . Part of the controversy has resulted in the superintendent submitting his resignation. OTHER CONTROVERSIES The PUSD is subject to at least two lawsuits, both including allegations of fraud, for throwing out businesses in PUSD-owned properties with little or no notice, even with leases in effect. The relationship between the Pomona School District and the Pomona Valley Educational Foundation has also been called into question. 4 of 5 school board members were served with a notice of recall in response to frustrations arising from the PUSD's handling of an offer from the City of Diamond Bar to install an artificial turf field on the poorly maintained Lorbeer field. Detractors accuse Patrick Leier to rule the district with an iron hand, disciplining or firing employees who dissent. Before the election of school board member Wong, virtually all votes for 10+ years were all unanimous. Administration
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