Tricia Low, also known as Tricia Rooney, has been named in a civil suit filed by the Vancouver school board over alleged thefts of gift cards, district funding and charitable gifts to the school while she was in charge from 2017 to 2020.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Beginning in late 2017, the lawsuit alleges Low began using purchasing cards issued by the board intended for school expenses for personal use. The board says it met with Low in October 2019 about an unexplained deficit and was told it was caused by a delay in receiving a provincial grant. When the deficit was later flagged in a routine budget report, Low was asked and failed to produce any documentation to justify it, the suit alleges.
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