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She ran an after-school program for Brooklyn kids, then wrote 153 checks from its account on hotels and liquor, prosecutors say

Shalisha Jackson, director of P.S. 146’s after-school program, is accused of stealing $111,000 over six years to fund personal expenses including hotels and liquor, leaving parents to wonder what programs lost. Brooklyn.

She ran an after-school program for Brooklyn kids, then wrote 153 checks from its account on hotels and liquor, prosecutors say
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She ran an after-school program for Brooklyn kids, then wrote 153 checks from its account on hotels and liquor, prosecutors say

Shalisha Jackson, director of P.S. 146’s after-school program, is accused of stealing $111,000 over six years to fund personal expenses including hotels and liquor, leaving parents to wonder what programs lost. Brooklyn.

She ran an after-school program for Brooklyn kids, then wrote 153 checks from its account on hotels and liquor, prosecutors say

After-school programs are the thing Brooklyn parents claw to keep funded, the few hours of care and enrichment between the last bell and a parent getting home. Prosecutors say the woman who ran one of them quietly drained its account for six years and spent the money on herself.

Shalisha Jackson, 37, was indicted this month, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. She had worked for the city Department of Education since 2008 and…

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