I'ts not just teachers.
Apr 16, 2007 - The Roslyn Board of Education appointed a new Superintendent of Schools to replace Frank Tassone.
Mr. Tassone was sentenced last year to four-to-twelve years in prison for stealing a reported $2,208,361. TTT - blogger Tony Iovino, who runs A Red Mind in a Blue State blog, followed the case. He links to coverups at the Board. In 2004, the Board of Education admitted that in 2002, it discovered - but hadn't reported - that its then-assistant superintendent for business and finance had misappropriated money. Instead, the board allowed Pamela Gluckin, 58, to quietly retire after she surrendered her administrator's license and repaid the money, believed at that time to be about $250,000.
The district’s Assistant Superintendent Pamela Gluckin was sentenced to three-to-nine years in prison for stealing a reported $4,358,743. Ms. Gluckin’s son and niece also pled guilty to taking part in the scam.
The niece, former district account clerk Debra Rigano, was sentenced to two-to-six years in prison for stealing $852,231.
The son, John McCormick, was sentenced to five years of probation and 100 hours of community service for accepting money stolen from the district from his mother.
Frank Tassone’s domestic partner, Stephen Signorelli, was sentenced to one-to-three years in prison. His company, WordPower, sold handbooks to the district, and he reportedly padded invoices to bilk the district out of $219,000.
Andrew Miller, a former partner at the accounting firm Miller, Lilly & Pearce, LLP, and the Roslyn School District’s auditor, pleaded guilty to Tampering with Public Records in the First Degree for his role in attempting to help the perpetrators cover up their actions. He was sentenced to four months in jail and five years of probation, a ruling that then-District Attorney Denis Dillon derided as too lenient. DA Dillon had wanted Mr. Miller to serve two-to-six years in prison.
