Past stories on the school district investigation
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A sampling of Monique Acevedo's purchases

Key West Citizen - Thursday, March 19, 2009
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A sampling of Monique Acevedo's purchases Furniture, Pottery Barn $2,714.93 Two-piece bed set, Bed & Chair Depot $1,826.43 Four-person stay, Courtyard Key West Waterfront $771.90 Home...

School records show excess

Key West Citizen - Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Monroe County school records show a former administrator who is the superintendent's wife regularly overspent purchase orders and repeatedly was asked by the Finance Department to explain the extra

First warning 18 months ago

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Monroe County Schools Superintendent Randy Acevedo was warned more than a year ago about one of his wife Monique's school credit card charges, the school district's chief financial officer said...

School records tell curious story

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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Well over 1,000 pages of documents released Monday by the Monroe County School District show what appears to be a pattern of personal shopping with a district credit card by former Adult Education

Schools promise records Monday

Key West Citizen - Friday, March 13, 2009
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The Monroe County School Board on Thursday decided to hire an outside accountant to investigate school employees' personal use of district-issued Bank of America credit cards. It also will hire an...

School bookkeeper suspended over fund

Key West Citizen - Thursday, March 12, 2009
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A Plantation Key School bookkeeper has been suspended without pay after administrators discovered discrepancies in a day-care fund. Tabathia Peters was suspended March 3, after the second time in...

School Board reprimands superintendent

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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The Monroe County School Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to reprimand the superintendent for not enforcing rules prohibiting employees from using district-issued purchasing cards for personal pu

Credit card controversy on agenda

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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As two state auditors reviewed school district credit card records for inappropriate purchases Monday, Monroe County School Board member Debra Walker was exploring procedural changes that might...

State probes school card use

Key West Citizen - Saturday, March 7, 2009
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The Monroe County state attorney will look into allegations that a former school administrator, and possibly other employees, used district-issued credit cards to purchase personal items, possibly...

Superintendent: Card misuse 'not uncommon'

Key West Citizen - Friday, March 6, 2009
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Using school credit cards to buy personal items then repaying the district is not new among employees, Schools Superintendent Randy Acevedo told The Citizen Thursday.