2nd Surrey school has parent advisory council bank account drained
Police are investigating the disappearance of funds from the bank account of the parent advisory council (PAC) at a second elementary school in Surrey.
The PAC at Serpentine Heights Elementary first noticed the funds were missing while reviewing their books at the end of the last school year, according to the school district.
"A few days later, they decided they needed to call the RCMP," said Doug Strachan, the spokesman for the Surrey School District.
Strachan said between $15,000 and $20,000 were found to be missing from the account.
RCMP began their investigation in late July. Parents were informed of the situation at the PAC's annual general meeting last week.
At this point in the investigation, RCMP said there does not appear to be a connection to the funds recently discovered to be missing from the PAC account at École K.B. Woodward, another Surrey elementary school.
The school PAC in that case discovered, through a statement from the bank, its account, which contained $20,000 to $30,000, had been emptied — money that was to have been put toward a new playground.
The PACs at both K.B. Woodward and Serpentine Heights have already begun fundraising efforts to replace the missing money.
