St Wilfrids High School, Blackburn. A HIGH SCHOOL finance officer used the school s credit card to fund away days with pals. Magistrates heard Ann Marie Mitchell splashed out £706 on train tickets and also bought a £1,000 MacBook Pro and an iPhone using the bank card. After suspicions were raised the head teacher at St Wilfrid s Academy compared Mitchell s Facebook activity with train transactions and realised they matched her weekends away rather than school trips. Mitchell, 48, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud by abuse of position. She was made subject to a community order for 12 months with conditions she completes a thinking skills programme and 200 hours unpaid work.
St Wilfrids High School, Blackburn. A HIGH SCHOOL finance officer used the school s credit card to fund away days with the girls. Blackburn magistrates heard Ann Marie Mitchell splashed out £706 on train tickets and also bought a £1,000 MacBook Pro and an iPhone using the St Wilfrid s Academy, Blackburn, bank card. After suspicions were raised the head teacher compared Mitchell s Facebook activity with train transactions and realised they matched her weekends away rather than school trips. Mitchell, 48, of Hollin Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud by abuse of position. She was made subject to a community order for 12 months with conditions she completes a thinking skills programme and 200 hours unpaid work. She was ordered to pay £706 compensation to St Wilfrid s, £85 costs and £85 victim surcharge.
Volunteer group Caring Closet of Mitchell issues clothing, other essentials to Mitchell students Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
Jodi Reiners shows the amount of clothes stored adult sizes as part of the Caring Closet of Mitchell project over at Mitchell High School. (Matt Gade / Republic)
As the coordinator of the Caring Closet of Mitchell, Jodi Reiners mostly works behind the scenes, sorting and organizing donations and generally taking the head leadership role in the group.
But she has, on occasion, seen the emotional impact the program can have on those who rely on it.
“At first they’re a little shy because they feel a little self-conscious about it,” Reiners said in a recent interview with the Mitchell Republic. “But it is very heartwarming. You can see how much they appreciate it.”