Great Bend, KANSAS

An awful way to end a career.

August 14, 2008 - Don Atkinson, principal at Jefferson Elementary School, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft by deception. The charges stemmed from the theft of more than $40,000 from a PTA and student council.He is scheduled to be sentenced next month

Atkinson was arrested in March. He Atkinson resigned last November after PTA leaders went to school administrators, who called authorities. He had worked in USD 428 in Great Bend for 28 years. The theft occurred over eight years.