Donna Montgomery, former chief executive of Options Public Charter School, outside the school in 2013. Donna Montgomery, David Cranford and Paul Dalton, all former managers at Options Public Charter School, agreed to a collective settlement of $575,000, which will be paid to the school that now operates under new leadership as Kingsman Academy. Jeremy Williams, a former chief financial officer of the D.C. Public Charter School Board, who allegedly aided the scheme, agreed to a settlement of $84,237 in a separate deal signed last week. The city sued another charter school founder for a similar scheme in 2015. [Charter board could close school amid allegations that leader diverted money]Such allegations prompted the charter school board to strengthen its financial oversight procedures and its policy regarding disclosing conflicts of interest.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2017 21:56 UTC