Monday, February 6, 2012

Wong Gone From Wellesley

"Wellesley school chief resigns; Cites public concern over accounting issues" November 11, 2011|By Evan Allen and Lisa Kocian, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff

School Superintendent Bella Wong of Wellesley, whose administration began to unravel over uncollected lunch fees and a harsh audit of the business office, announced her resignation to parents and staff yesterday....

Issues surrounding bookkeeping have been in the news since last spring, when it was discovered that the school business office had failed to collect about $169,000 worth of school lunch debt. Recently, the School Department came under fire for approving payments totaling about $100,000 to two employees to compensate them for unused vacation time....

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