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Custodial firm files suit against Benton Harbor Area Schools

A company is suing Benton Harbor Area Schools for what it says are unpaid custodial services.
 
WOOD-TV reports  Monday that Sodexo Management Inc. is seeking more than $2.7 million from the financially struggling district in southwestern Michigan.
 
The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court.
 
Maryland-based Sodexo says it first contracted with the schools in 2011 and set up a 5-year plan in 2013 for the district to pay off $500,000 in past due bills.
 
The company ended its contract with the district last October.
 
The district and state forged a consent agreement last year after Gov. Rick Snyder determined there was a financial emergency. The district's deficit is about $16 million.
 
A review team last year found enrollment had fallen 43 percent to 2,680 in the past decade.