ASB's Economic Crisis by E.G.

Many students in our school have been saying, “Our school dances never have enough decorations!” Which leads my brain to thinking, well then, WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE ASB MONEY?!?!

Students last year raised about $15,000 through fundraisers and all the events that ASB made. But now all we have is around $400. And it was all from YOU, the students that went to the dances, sold chocolates, and went to the basketball games. We raised about $8,855.36 through chocolate sales alone. So what happened to all the money?

I have been doing some research of my own on who is responsible for “losing” the money that could be used for our dances. I asked last year’s office manager, Ms. Isabel Fernandez. Last year she was responsible for handling the money. The first question I asked her was, “What was your role with ASB funds last year?” She responded, “I was responsible for contacting the home office and getting instructions from the Aspire policies on how to deposit the money. I was also responsible for receiving, counting, and depositing. Also I was to keep records of the money raised or received from a donor and by the clubs or activities.”

So then I asked Ms. Fernandez, “Do you know anything about the missing ASB funds?” Ms. Fernandez answered, “I don’t know anything. I have given all the copies of the raised or collected money to the administrators. However, the money from the general bank account was moved to another account by the home office.”

That is all I have so far but keep on waiting for the next issue of Ashes because this is only the beginning.