FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS IS MISSING FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TITLE ONE HOMELESS PROJECT. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS THE PROGRAM SERVES MORE THAN 3-THOUSAND APS STUDENTS EACH YEAR. THE PROJECT CAME UNDER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IN MAY WHEN 16-HUNDRED DOLLARS WAS FOUND IN AN OFFICE SAFE. NO ONE KNEW WHERE THAT MONEY CAME FROM.
THE INVESTIGATION THEN FOUND MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH DONATIONS FROM PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL WAS MISSING.
APS SAYS IT’LL TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PROGRAM’S DIRECTOR, ANTHONY FAIRLEY. SUPERINTENDENT RAQUEL REEDY APOLOGIZED TO THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE SERVED BY THE PROGRAM.
