U.S._NP1 school_NN1 chief_NN1 right_NN1 to_TO 'lose_VVI sleep'_NN1 over_II Detroit_NP1 If_CS anyone_PN1 in_II Metro_NP1 Detroit_NP1 still_RR doubts_VVZ whether_CSW the_AT Detroit_NP1 Public_JJ Schools_NN2 needs_VVZ a_AT1 state-appointed_JJ financial_JJ manager_NN1 ,_, certainly_RR they_PPHS2 should_VM be_VBI convinced_VVN now_RT ._. 
New_JJ U.S._NP1 Secretary_NN1 of_IO Education_NN1 Arne_NP1 Duncan_NP1 told_VVD journalists_NN2 around_II the_AT country_NN1 Friday_NPD1 ,_, "_" ..._... 
I_PPIS1 am_VBM extraordinarily_RR concerned_JJ about_II the_AT poor_JJ quality_NN1 of_IO education_NN1 ,_, quite_RG frankly_RR ,_, the_AT children_NN2 of_IO Detroit_NP1 are_VBR receiving_VVG ._. "_" 
"_" I_PPIS1 lose_VV0 sleep_NN1 over_II that_DD1 one_PN1 ,_, "_" Duncan_NP1 continued_VVD ._. 
"_" And_CC I_PPIS1 think_VV0 the_AT dropout_NN1 rate_NN1 there_EX is_VBZ devastating_JJ ._. "_" 
Already_RR the_AT federal_JJ government_NN1 has_VHZ designated_VVN Detroit_NP1 "_" high_JJ risk_NN1 "_" because_II21 of_II22 its_APPGE questionable_JJ fiscal_JJ practices_NN2 and_CC poor_JJ use_NN1 of_IO federal_JJ dollars_NNU2 ._. 
Gov_NN1 ._. 
Jennifer_NP1 Granholm_NP1 's_GE emergency_NN1 appointed_VVN financial_JJ manager_NN1 ,_, Robert_NP1 Bobb_NP1 ,_, will_VM arrive_VVI to_TO oversee_VVI the_AT district_NN1 next_MD week_NNT1 ._. 
And_CC not_XX a_AT1 moment_NN1 too_RG soon_RR ._. 
Since_CS January_NPM1 the_AT school_NN1 district_NN1 has_VHZ illegally_RR stopped_VVN making_VVG payments_NN2 to_II the_AT Michigan_NP1 Public_JJ School_NN1 Employees_NN2 Retirement_NN1 System_NN1 ._. 
Now_RT DPS_NP1 owes_VVZ $21_NNU million_NNO to_II the_AT system_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC that_DD1 's_VBZ just_RR the_AT start_NN1 of_IO its_APPGE latest_JJT financial_JJ misdeeds_NN2 ._. 
DPS_NP1 also_RR continues_VVZ to_TO deny_VVI payments_NN2 to_II vendors_NN2 ,_, including_II small_JJ businesses_NN2 which_DDQ are_VBR struggling_VVG to_TO survive_VVI because_II21 of_II22 the_AT school_NN1 district_NN1 's_GE neglect_NN1 ._. 
DPS_NP1 owes_VVZ more_DAR than_CSN $42_NNU million_NNO in_II back_NN1 payments_NN2 to_II such_DA businesses_NN2 and_CC organizations_NN2 ._. 
These_DD2 figures_NN2 come_VV0 from_II Detroit_NP1 Public_JJ Schools_NN2 '_GE own_DA documents_NN2 turned_VVD in_RP to_II the_AT state_NN1 Department_NN1 of_IO Education_NN1 ._. 
The_AT documents_NN2 show_VV0 the_AT district_NN1 's_GE fiscal_JJ practices_NN2 and_CC reporting_NN1 has_VHZ grown_VVN worse_RRR in_II recent_JJ months_NNT2 ._. 
Its_APPGE reported_JJ numbers_NN2 to_II the_AT state_NN1 have_VH0 shifted_VVN each_DD1 month_NNT1 ,_, making_VVG it_PPH1 impossible_JJ to_TO know_VVI what_DDQ is_VBZ really_RR happening_VVG ._. 
The_AT timing_NN1 of_IO the_AT missing_JJ pension_NN1 money_NN1 and_CC other_JJ questionable_JJ practices_NN2 are_VBR highly_RR suspect_VV0 ._. 
They_PPHS2 've_VH0 occurred_VVN since_CS the_AT school_NN1 board_NN1 fired_VVN former_DA Superintendent_NNB Connie_NP1 Calloway_NP1 in_II December_NPM1 --_NN1 and_CC before_II Bobb_NP1 begins_VVZ his_APPGE job_NN1 next_MD month_NNT1 ._. 
While_CS Detroit_NP1 awaits_VVZ Bobb_NP1 's_GE arrival_NN1 ,_, the_AT school_NN1 board_NN1 should_VM do_VDI what_DDQ it_PPH1 is_VBZ charged_VVN with_IW doing_VDG :_: serving_VVG its_APPGE students_NN2 ._. 
That_DD1 includes_VVZ preventing_VVG the_AT misspending_NN1 of_IO public_JJ money_NN1 ,_, and_CC reporting_VVG accurate_JJ financial_JJ information_NN1 to_II the_AT state_NN1 ._. 
The_AT board_NN1 should_VM immediately_RR clamp_VVI down_RP on_II new_JJ district_NN1 spending_NN1 ._. 
Bobb_NN1 should_VM prepare_VVI to_TO make_VVI immediate_JJ and_CC dramatic_JJ changes_NN2 to_TO stop_VVI the_AT district_NN1 's_GE financial_JJ hemorrhaging_NN1 and_CC find_VV0 where_RRQ the_AT money_NN1 is_VBZ headed_VVN --_JJ and_CC hidden_JJ --_NN1 in_II the_AT system_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 must_VM support_VVI federal_JJ and_CC state_VVI investigators_NN2 '_GE scrutiny_NN1 of_IO district_NN1 officials_NN2 and_CC its_APPGE vendors_NN2 ._. 
And_CC he_PPHS1 should_VM not_XX be_VBI deterred_VVN from_II closing_JJ schools_NN2 and_CC selling_VVG off_RP buildings_NN2 so_RR money_NN1 can_VM reach_VVI the_AT classroom_NN1 ._. 
Getting_VVG a_AT1 grip_NN1 on_II the_AT district_NN1 's_GE finances_NN2 is_VBZ a_AT1 start_NN1 toward_II improving_JJ education_NN1 for_IF the_AT students_NN2 ._. 
