CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board has begun transitioning its bookkeeping to become cashless after a former school board employee allegedly stole $205,000 from a Patterson High School bank account, a state audit of the school system shows.
The audit says the school board has changed its accounting program to restrict the capabilities of bookkeepers and only allow certain functions to be done at a district or central office level.
School board management will also require a monthly summary of account activity from each school in the district…