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Monroe district sues its former treasurer
District claims she neglected her duties. Kelly Thorpe forced the schools into financial turmoil, civil suit says

MONROE — Monroe Local School District has filed a civil lawsuit against former school treasurer Kelley Thorpe, claiming she neglected her duties and forced the district into the financial turmoil it now sits in.

The lawsuit states from 2008 through 2011, Thorpe, who is now Middletown City School District’s treasurer, failed to act reasonably and failed to exercise ordinary care in the performance of her professional duties.

This is the first time Monroe officials have sought action against Thorpe since they claimed the district was millions of dollars in debt due to accounting errors.

The Middletown accounting firm Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. and the bonding company that represents Thorpe’s work were also named in the lawsuit filed in Butler County Common Pleas Court.

According to the lawsuit, Thorpe should have known that certain expenditures she authorized could not be paid out of Monroe’s bond retirement fund ... that certain transfers and/or expenditures were illegal and/or impermissible; and that she had failed to properly identify and disclose all relevant facts to the school district regarding its funds, accounts and financial statements.

WELL, THE BEAT GOES ON FOR MIDDLETOWN'S TREASURER. STILL WONDERING WHY MIDD. SCHOOLS HIRED HER BASED ON THE SCENARIO IN MONROE. WAS ALL OF THIS CONSIDERED DURING THE HIRING PROCESS?