By Anne Forline
NEWS Correspondent
Former Bellmawr Park PTO President April Virelli resigned from her post after admitting to taking $5,000 from the organization.
There were two special meetings at the Bellmawr Park School Library September 23, where PTO Vice President Dawn Reckard, sought to dispel the rumors and explain the matter so the Board can move forward.
In December, 2009 Virelli and Reckard had been serving alone on the Bellmawr Park PTO Board, and, as Reckard put it, \”doing the work of seven.\”
She conceded that the Board should have \”folded at that point.\”
In January 2010, Virelli had requested a three-month leave as she was about to undergo a \”medical procedure\” for an undisclosed condition. Reckard requested the books from Virelli at that time, but was unable to obtain them until February.
When Reckard gained possession of the books, she was confused about the lack of deposits and expressed concern that \”things didn’t look right.\”
She turned the PTO books over to Principal Elizabeth Calabria who, according to Reckard, put them in a school safe.
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