Is former Superintendent Roche facing criminal charges?
As mentioned, the details of the districts preliminary investigation as well as the findings from the Comptrollers Office audit have been referred to the Schoharie County District Attorneys office. It is up to the district attorney to decide whether or not to pursue criminal charges. Is this why the district was audited by the state Comptrollers Office? No, the district was already scheduled to undergo an audit by the Comptrollers Office in August 2006. It has been decades since the schools finances were last audited by the Comptrollers Office. Following the financial scandal in Rosalyn, NY, in 2005, all public school districts in New York State were subject to a Comptrollers Audit within a five-year period. How did this happen? While no district or organization is immune from the willful abuse of responsibility by an employee, this incident clearly reveals that financial controls were not as tight as they couldor shouldhave been. How can you be sure this wont happen again? Even as the
