{"id":281115,"date":"2026-06-29T14:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:49:35","slug":"ex-school-aide-in-brooklyn-accused-of-pocketing-over-110000-for-after-school-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281115\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-school aide in Brooklyn accused of pocketing over $110,000 for after-school programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former paraprofessional and after-school<\/a> program director in Brooklyn<\/a> was indicted for stealing more than $111,000 meant for kids and their extracurricular activities, independent investigators said on June 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shalisha Jackson, a Department of Education (DOE)<\/a> employee who worked at P.S. 146 at 610 Henry St. in Carroll Gardens, was arraigned on a list of charges by the Brooklyn District Attorney\u2019s Office, including grand larceny, petit larceny, forgery and criminal possession of a forged instrument.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a Special Commissioner of Investigation for the NYC School District (SCI)<\/a> probe, Jackson, who worked for the DOE since 2008, spent six years taking cash meant for the school\u2019s after-school program and put it into her personal bank account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The investigation began in October 2022 after DOE officials found two suspicious checks from a different school \u2013 M.S. 681 in Brooklyn \u2013 that had been placed into Jackson\u2019s personal bank account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As investigators traced financial records<\/a>, they found what prosecutors allege was a years-long scheme centered around P.S. 146\u2019s after-school program. The investigation found unauthorized checks, parent payments and other funds that were supposed to support students were allegedly funneled into the defendant\u2019s personal account instead.<\/p>\n

Per the probe, about $135,121 was deposited into Jackson\u2019s account via checks she wrote to herself from the program\u2019s account and funds intended for the school programs. Only about $5,882 of that money was actually spent on legitimate program expenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case demonstrates the critical role independent oversight plays in protecting school resources,\u201d Special Commissioner Anastasia Coleman said. \u201cSCI\u2019s investigation uncovered a years-long pattern of misconduct that allegedly diverted funds intended for students and exposed significant breakdowns in financial oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n

SCI investigators said that \u201csignificant failures in financial oversight allowed the misconduct to continue undetected for years.\u201d As a result, SCI recommended reforms to strengthen fiscal controls, training requirements, and accountability measures for employees responsible for managing school funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The top count in Jackson\u2019s case is second-degree grand larceny, a C felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, a spokesperson for the Brooklyn DA\u2019s office said.\n<\/p>\n

Coleman thanked the DA\u2019s office for taking legal action.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue aggressively investigating fraud, theft, and corruption to ensure that resources dedicated to our schools reach the children they are intended to serve, and we thank the Brooklyn District Attorney\u2019s Office for its work in pursuing this prosecution,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the DOE confirmed Jackson was terminated from her job.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect all employees to be trustworthy stewards of their school communities and this matter was thoroughly investigated,\u201d said Chyann Tull, a spokesperson for the department. \u201cThis individual is no longer employed with New York City Public Schools. We take all allegations of misconduct seriously and remain committed to making sure all resources are allocated towards student success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former paraprofessional and after-school program director in Brooklyn was indicted for stealing more than $111,000 meant for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,102093,67,9,24,63,107863,81400],"class_list":["post-281115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklyn-das-office","tag-education","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-ps-146","tag-sci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}