PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY-TV) – The Pender County Schools Board of Education held an emergency meeting on Thursday after a Topsail High Boosters treasurer was arrested for alleged embezzlement.
Erin Coleen Schmidt of Hampstead was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly taking more than $50,000 in booster clubs funds.
Schmidt is being held at the Pender County jail under a $5,000 bond. During the emergency meeting on Thursday, the board voted unanimously to direct the superintendent and his staff to review policies related to parents organizations that benefit the district…