I have heard of some despicable con jobs but this one takes the cake.
83 students and parents from Brownsfield Elementary in Baton Rouge were celebrating the students graduating the fifth grade by taking a bus trip to Atlanta. The trip cost $250 per person and included excursions to Six Flags, the Coca-Cola museum and the Martin Luther King, Jr. History Center.
They would never make that trip.
When the parents and children showed up to leave for Atlanta, they found out there never was a trip and over $22,000 was now missing. Three parents were listed as organizers for the trip: Shandell Brown, Maya Dryer and Dawn Tolbert. Local 9News spoke to one of the parents who didn't want to be identified. She and other parents said that Maya Dryer was in charge of the money.
Apparently, the money was handed over to Maya Dryer, who then turned it over to her mother, Patricia. Now no one seems to know where that money is.
Except the Dryers.
No one answered the door at the Dryer house. Police and the EBR School District are investigating the embezzlement.
I don't know about y'all but this disgusts me. In a city where kids are failing and the schools are failing, here is a group of people celebrating the children's academic success. And these people had to piss on that and rip off a group of children. These were children who were more excited about going to the MLK Jr. History Center than they were about going to Six Flags.
I hope they make sure these people go to jail for what they've done. It is people like them that help make people lose hope and trust in other people. No child should be ripped off like this.
83 students and parents from Brownsfield Elementary in Baton Rouge were celebrating the students graduating the fifth grade by taking a bus trip to Atlanta. The trip cost $250 per person and included excursions to Six Flags, the Coca-Cola museum and the Martin Luther King, Jr. History Center.
They would never make that trip.
When the parents and children showed up to leave for Atlanta, they found out there never was a trip and over $22,000 was now missing. Three parents were listed as organizers for the trip: Shandell Brown, Maya Dryer and Dawn Tolbert. Local 9News spoke to one of the parents who didn't want to be identified. She and other parents said that Maya Dryer was in charge of the money.
Apparently, the money was handed over to Maya Dryer, who then turned it over to her mother, Patricia. Now no one seems to know where that money is.
Except the Dryers.
No one answered the door at the Dryer house. Police and the EBR School District are investigating the embezzlement.
I don't know about y'all but this disgusts me. In a city where kids are failing and the schools are failing, here is a group of people celebrating the children's academic success. And these people had to piss on that and rip off a group of children. These were children who were more excited about going to the MLK Jr. History Center than they were about going to Six Flags.
I hope they make sure these people go to jail for what they've done. It is people like them that help make people lose hope and trust in other people. No child should be ripped off like this.
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