A decade before Tricia Rooney was accused of misappropriating funds from a Vancouver elementary school, parents at one of her previous jobs were asking questions about what had happened to the funding meant for their kids’ Mandarin program.
Back in 2014, concerned parents from John Norquay Elementary contacted CTV News claiming their fundraising dollars seemed to not be going back into the school. The school board found no evidence of fraud in that case.
The former principal of an East Vancouver elementary school is accused of defrauding the Vancouver School Board of more than $170,000 over a period of at least two years.