Teachers need to be teaching not gossiping in school. My 2 kids came home yesterday from Coral Shores telling me about how the teachers are discussing this mess in class. One of them said they spent most of the class listening to the teacher complain about how she had not gotten a raise becase Mrs. Acevedo had stolen the money. The other teacher was making fun of the situation. I asked several of my kids' friends if they heard the same thing and they said their teachers were talking about the same thing. I would hope that the professionals that are at CSHS and the other schools - will do what they should be doing and TEACH OUR KIDS. I know that this hits close to home especially with the impending budget cuts - but everyone needs to stay focused on what is most important and that is the students and their education.

Superintendent Randy Acevedo ought to tender his resignation for the good of the school district. If he cares about the kids, he will. His time is now being spent dealing with investigations, allegations, inquiries and the like, rather than on the business of running the schools. He has himself become a distraction.

Sir, do the honorable and noble thing and resign. The healing must start sooner rather than later. People are hurting financially and misconduct will not be tolerated in this environment. Read the comments here the past several days. They tell the story.

concerned in Sugarloaf

I hope the investigators look beyond the Acevedos. I can think of several admin. people who probably use their school credit card like their own. Investigators: keep looking ... far and wide, please.

If school board policy allows even "occasional" personal purchases on district credit cards, even if the charges are reimbursed, something is wrong and all school district credit card accounts need to be scrutinized... not to mention that FAR too many district employees have the cards. If there is any truth to what appears to be very egregious misuse of Mrs. Acevedo's card, not only should Mr. Acevedo immediately resign, a vigorous criminal investigation must ensue. Plenty of people are in prison for thefts of much less than is apparent. There can be no confidence that taxpayers are not being ripped off on a grand scale, given what is already apparent.

Wait until Friday!!!!!

Each year teachers are given a small amount of money with which to buy school supplies for their classrooms. Unfortunately, all money that was not yet spent by the teachers because they were doing the mature thing and budgeting was taken back by the school district. Now teachers are spending their own money to buy things such as pencils, paper, markers, and other necessities. To find out that there are employees making personal purchases is to say the least a slap in the face of every hard working teacher. Remember the reason the school district gets money is because the teachers are teaching students. Shouldn't administration be working for the good of the students and teachers instead of themselves?

This is so bad. Oh my gosh, I can't believe how bad this is. This is just really bad.

Everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else. The truth in the matter is, the responsible parties need to take whatever consequence there [are] and learn from this very TOUGH lesson!!

When there are no checks and balances in a system or when the checks and balances are manipulated - as is the case in this situation, it does not matter whether the embezzlement is done with a credit card or with a purchase order. Discretionary funds at the disposal of key administrators in the District, are filled with taxpayer dollars, and accessed with impunity,giving them the license to spend and order "WHATEVER IT TAKES". You bet that purchase orders have been used in the same way as the purchase cards - especially by district personnel with access to discretionary accounts!!! With the position of superintendent comes the trust - that this person will be working for the taxpayers and the electorate by ensuring that a quality education is delivered to all students, that teachers are given the tools and resources needed to do the job and that the system is transparent. He has just batted three out of three and I believe this time has struck out!! It is not quite the ninth inning, but his whole team is involved and will suffer the consequences!! This mess is a prime example of greed, conspiracy to cover one's tracks, and is the epitome of arrogance. If Randy Acevedo is an ethical person then he will take full responsibility for the misuse of funds entrusted to him and resign...OR...he will continue to throw under the bus - his wife, Mike Henriquez, Frankie St James, Kathy Reitzel and the Finance Department. He of course, will know nothing about any of the funding/spending/purchasing abuses- proving that he is truly a trustworthy, ethical, insightful and observant leader! Balderdash!!!

If it was the standard practice by Superintendent Robert Walker, Superintendent Mike Lannon, and Superintendent Padget, why is there such a fury over it now? Think for yourselves people. Look closer than the headlines and stories that are being written by certain School Board Members. Don't let the Key West Citizen tell you how to think.

If the Finance Director says she told Randy about an unauthorized use of the card and Randy, according to the story in the paper (which comes from the mouth of Pribramsky) fixed the problem and made sure the airline ticket was paid back 18 months ago, then where was she for the LAST 17 MONTHS? All of a sudden she got religion when she was politically coaxed by a school board member. She needs to answer for what she did or didn't do. If it was wrong, then it was wrong for 17 months. You can't expect Randy to know what was happening if it was never brought to his attention by the person who was supposed to bring it to his attention.