1/24/2006

Wisconsin School Voucher Program: Forget those public school "Cadillacs"

Teachers paid from sale of Mercedes

Car is only asset worth much from failed voucher school

The six dilapidated school buses brought only a paltry sum. The desks and other classroom furnishings weren't worth the cost of transporting them. Rumors swirled about other assets, but none could be found.

$330,000: Amount David Seppeh was convicted in October of stealing from the state during the 2003-'04 school year.

$43,000: Approximate cost of one of the two Mercedes Seppeh is said to have bought with the stolen money.
$27,648:Amount the sale of that same Mercedes brought.
More than$200,000: Amount in the school employees claimed in back pay.

Read more at Milwuakee Journal Sentinal Online.

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