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Money that was supposed to fund educational trips for children without homes instead paid for vacations that New York schools staffers took with their families around the country, including a visit to Disney World, according to a recently released investigative report.

Investigators recommended firing employees after finding that the head of the Queens Students in Temporary Housing (STH) program, meant to reward hardworking unhoused students with educational excursions, was telling her staff they could bring their families instead. (Temporary housing status is for students living in shelters, cars, parks or abandoned buildings, according to the New York City Public Schools website.)

Staff families weren’t joining the trips under a misunderstanding of the rules, independent investigators wrote. In one instance, STH Queens regional manager Linda Wilson allegedly told her staff: “What happens here stays with us.” She denies saying it. ...

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

That is an epic dick fucking move.

Fire them all, publish their names, and Linda Wilson needs to spend some time in a cage.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

This is one of those unforgivable things.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Disney could take the moral stance of banning them all from all of their properties and services.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Could… but won’t.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't this be fraud?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe some crimes should be punishable by public flogging.