NYC Education Officials Misused Funds for Homeless Students on Family Trips

Six employees, including a regional manager, took personal trips to destinations like Disney World using city funds intended for disadvantaged children.

• A Special Commissioner of Investigation report revealed that NYC Department of Education employees used city funds meant for homeless students to take their own families on trips from 2016 to 2019.
• Linda Wilson, a regional manager, and five other employees allegedly forged permission slips and occupied spots meant for students on these excursions.
• The trips included destinations such as Disney World, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, Boston, and various resorts and campgrounds.
• Investigators found that Wilson and her colleagues covered up their actions by instructing staff to lie to investigators and canceling trips when suspicions arose.
• The SCI recommended that all six employees be terminated and pay restitution, but the cases were not referred for criminal prosecution due to insufficient documentation.

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