Now, the two have each paid $4,000 civil fines.
A former Boston Public Schools principal and assistant principal have each paid a $4,000 civil penalty for violating the state’s conflict of interest law when they used “Hamilton” tickets donated to their school to take their children to see the show.
Natasha Halfkenny, the principal, and Coreen Miranda, the assistant principal, admitted to using the tickets that were gifted to the Tobin School for “use by its students and their chaperones” for themselves and their sons, who were not students at the school, according to the State Ethics Commission.
Halfkenny and Miranda were “personal friends and socialized together outside of work,” according to Halfkenny’s disposition agreement.
Last year, the Boston Education Development Fund emailed Miranda, letting her know that 12 student tickets and two chaperone tickets to “Hamilton” at the Citizens Bank Opera House had been donated by a non-profit organization for use by Tobin School students who “would otherwise be unable to attend such a show.” Each ticket would have cost about $149, according to the commission.