Principal Accused Of Theft
Written by admin on September 23, 2009
An elementary school principal accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from the Oceanside Unified School District and the local PTA over a four-year period pleaded not guilty today to 10 felony charges, including grand theft.
Paulette Dastrup Thompson, 59, has been on leave from her job at Reynolds Elementary School since February.
The defendant was charged Aug. 28 with nine counts of grand theft and one count of using the personal identifying information of another.
At her arraignment today, Judge David Szumowski agreed to allow Thompson to remain out of custody on her own recognizance.
The criminal complaint alleges that Thompson took money from the school district and the parent-teacher organization while she was principal at San Luis Rey Elementary and Reynolds Elementary from 2005 to last October.
What a sad state of affairs, no? Who can we trust anymore?! It’s sad when you’re scared to send your children to school.
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