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Magnolia School District is a public elementary school district in Orange County, California, United States, headquartered in Anaheim. Magnolia School District provides students with an education intended to build a foundation to prepare them for college and careers in the 21st century. All students are provided with rigorous standards-based instruction, one-to-one technology in grades K through six, and specially designed music and arts programs. Seven of the nine Magnolia Elementary Schools received the California Gold Ribbon Schools Award and the Title I Academic Achieving Schools Award in 2016, and one school received the Exemplary Arts Education Program Award. The district feeds into the Anaheim Union High School District.

Schools

It includes the following schools:

• Dr. Albert Schweitzer Leadership Academy
• Dr. Jonas Salk (opened 1955)
• Dr. Peter Marshall
• Esther L. Walter
• Juliette Low School of the Arts
• Lord Baden-Powell (opened 1966)
• Mattie Lou Maxwell
• Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy (opened 1958)
• Walt Disney

Embezzlement case

A serious embezzlement offense was committed against the Magnolia School District by Jorge Armando Contreras, a former senior director of fiscal services who oversaw the district's finances since 2006. Over a seven-year period, from July 2023 to July 2016, Contreras embezzled around $16.7 million from the school district. He wrote checks totaling from $11,000 to $95,000, making over 250 illicit payments to himself. The checks were written under a false name, but the money was placed into his personal bank account. He would use spaced-out letters and "M S D," the initials of the Magnolia School District, on checks for modest sums. He would increase the check amounts and deposit them into his account after getting the required signatures. Contreras funded his extravagant lifestyle with the proceeds of the theft, which included a $1.5 million Yorba Linda home, a $127,000 BMW from 2021, 57 opulent designer handbags (mainly Louis Vuitton), and $190,000 in cosmetic surgery.

Contreras pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement, theft, and intentional misapplication of funds from an organization receiving federal funds. He was sentenced to 70 months (nearly six years) in federal prison and ordered to pay $16,694,942 in restitution. Law enforcement seized approximately $7.7 million in personal and real property traced to his fraud.

References

1. "Home". www.magnoliasd.orgpublisher=Magnolia School District. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
2. Rodriguez, Matthew (2024-07-25). "Orange County school official sentenced for embezzling over $16 million from district". CBS Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
3. Lenthang, Marlene (2024-07-26). "California education official embezzled over $16 million, hid cash in mini fridge". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
4. "Former Orange County Education Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Nearly $16 Million from School District That Employed Him". United States Department of Justice. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
5. Goffard, Christopher (2024-03-29). "Former official pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $16 million from O.C. school district". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
6. Thornton, Lasherica (2024-07-26). "Former Anaheim school administrator sentenced to prison for $17 million embezzlement". EdSource. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
7. Medina, Eduardo (2024-07-27). "California School Official Who Embezzled $16.7 Million Gets Nearly 6 Years in Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

External links

• Official website
• Magnolia School District on Facebook
• Magnolia School District on Instagram

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