Chapter 10 - THE COOKIE ACCOUNT
Forensic review found $73,218 in unexplained fundraiser discrepancies over four school years.
Cookies were only one product.
Candy.
Wrapping paper.
Discount cards.
Senior athletes collected inventory from younger students.
Staff override cleared balances.
Product resold through booster events.
Cash disappeared into off-book pool.
Coach Hall claimed he believed funds supported athletics.
Principal Porter claimed she didn't know mechanics.
Russell Walker said boosters never authorized student coercion.
Trent said everyone knew.
Everybody knew something.
Nobody claimed whole thing.
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That is how systems protect themselves.
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