District's Ex-Charter Schools Chief Admits Fraud
Source: By Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Friday, August 10, 2007
Brenda Belton had some gall, by her own admission. As charter school oversight chief for the D.C. Board of Education, she repeatedly stole from the school system, arranging about $649,000 in illegal school payments and sweetheart contracts to herself and her friends.
…… She bypassed the city's competitive bidding process to select contractors to monitor the charter schools, according to D.C. and federal education investigators.