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AUDIT INDICATES PRINCIPAL FALSIFIED EMPLOYEE TIMESHEETS

(Cambridge City, IN)--Three weeks ago, Lincoln High School Principal Renee Lakes resigned with no public warning or explanation.  Now, a State Board of Accounts audit reveals why that resignation occurred.  In the audit, which is easily accessible online, Lakes allegedly falsified the hours of part-time school employees so that they would not qualify for insurance benefits.  The discrepancies were first noticed by one employee a year ago.  That employee contacted Western Wayne Schools’ Director of Human Resources.  That office then discovered that Lakes manually changed clock-in and clock-out times of part-timers to reduce their hours.  In one case, an employee is seen on video on a particular day clocking out at 3:02, but Lakes allegedly changed that time to 2:30.  In total, employees were shorted just over $5000 in pay.