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| CORRUPT SCHOOL CFO TIMOTHY COSTELLO |
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| EMBATTLED MT VERNON SCHOOL CHIEF JUDITH JOHNSON |
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| CORRUPT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE LEN SARVER |
It has been one week now since news broke of the asbestos scandal involving Mount Vernon School Chief Judith Johnson. Johnson still isn’t forthcoming and still has not provided board members with asbestos reports even though the reports have been made public on this site. Instead she has been hiding behind school board attorneys and using tactics to stall and deny information to the public and school board members.
Johnson treats board members as if they are her servants and
her employees. Johnson lacks integrity and accountability. Three guidance counselors personally hired by
Johnson are now facing criminal charges for changing test scores in Peekskill,
Johnson’s last place of employment.
Judith Johnson must come clean with the taxpayers and the children
of Mount Vernon. Why hasn’t she released
the reports to the public or to School Board Trustees? Are our children at risk
for asthma and lung cancer?
We must get to the root cause analysis on exactly how these
problems came to exist in city schools and why they went unaddressed for such a
long time. Mount Vernon Exposed will now
begin to connect the dots and show the public how long the corruption has been
permeating the Mount Vernon City School District.
Money disappearing from school budgets and going into a
slush fund for Superintendents started with the hire of Assistant
Superintendent of Business Timothy Costello, a very close friend of embattled school
board trustee Len Sarver. Len Sarver
stands accused alongside Mount Vernon School Chief Judith Johnson of purposely
hiding asbestos reports from the public and steering lucrative school contracts
to vendors favorable to both.
Mount Vernon Exposed is pleased to announce that work was
done at Cecil H. Parker Elementary School to remediate the mold issue. Sources have reported to Mount Vernon Exposed
that crews have been working feverishly day and night to cover up any trace of
mold and water damage after it was made public that Parker school has been
neglected since 2005 and didn’t address deficiencies found by inspectors from
the New York State Department of Health.
However, sources confirmed to Mount Vernon exposed that friable asbestos
wasn’t disposed of properly in accordance with applicable state laws.
Many questions remain regarding the removal of mold and the
abatement of asbestos at Cecil H. Parker Middle School. For starters, who removed the mold? Was this put out for competitive bid? Did Judith Johnson and school board trustees
Len Sarver unjustly enrich themselves by awarding lucrative construction and
electrical contracts to vendors of their choosing? Was the mold and asbestos removed by a
licensed professional?
Let’s get back to Timothy Costello. Mr. Costello is a crook and a sheister in
every sense of the word. Costello was
hired by former Mount Vernon Superintendent W.L. Sawyer, another crook who was
more concerned about having sexual relations with his subordinates than the
education of the children. Sawyer was
cited for having an improper relationship with an employee of the Mount Vernon
City School District.
Costello, a failure, never surpassed the $100K salary mark
in life. That is until he came to the
Mount Vernon City School District to drink from the public till. Costello’s salary prior to arriving in Mount
Vernon was $92,000. Today Costello
receives a whopping $190,000+ salary and benefits courtesy of Mount Vernon
taxpayers. Not bad Timothy.
Timothy purchased his current house at 4 Alameda Place in
2007 for $478,000. In recent weeks,
Mount Vernon Exposed has received complaints from taxpayers in Costello’s
neighborhood stating his property assessment is well below the average that
homeowners in Costello’s neighborhood pay for similar structures with the same
square footage.
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| TIMOTHY COSTELLO'S HOME |
Costello also receives several other perks not afforded to
other employees of the Mount Vernon City School district. Mr. Costello receives 100% medical coverage
courtesy of taxpayers while Administrators and teachers pay 50% towards their
medical coverage and civil services employees contribute 35% towards their
health care costs. What type of quid pro
quo arrangement is in place that allows Timmy to receive 100% medical
coverage? It is time for Obamacare Mr. Costello.
So why does Timothy get 100% medical coverage? Timothy wins favor with every school
Superintendent that he works for.
Timothy is responsible for preparing the budget and finances as the
Assistant Superintendent for Business.
In other words, he is the Chief Financial officer or CFO for the Mount
Vernon City School district.
Every school is allotted $150K per year for textbooks,
visual aids, and other materials for educating our children. The schools that are succeeding and have
passing test scores spend all of their allotted funds by the end of the school
year while the failing schools, had nearly 90% of the $150K left in their
budget at the end of the school year. Makes
no sense.
So Timothy, thinking he was a genius, illegally and without
authorization from the School Board Trustees, diverted the funds from the
schools that never used their textbook money into something called the “general
fund”. Such diversion requires approval
from the State legislature. At the time
of press, Mount Vernon Exposed could find no such legislation authorization Mr.
Costello’s unethical actions.
Timothy then goes to the Superintendent and tells them that
he has “newfound” money and they are free to spend it how they see fit. They Superintendent’s are now beholden to Mr.
Costello and free to hire as many consultants as possible. Consultants connected to Costello are now
legally allowed to rape Mount Vernon taxpayers for millions and millions of
dollars. The consultants are usually friends
of Costello and Johnson or Costello and Johnson are looking to gain employment
from after their tenure is done with Mount Vernon City Schools.
Mount Vernon Exposed has also gathered evidence to suggest
School Board Trustee Len Sarver is in financial trouble. The evidence also suggest that former school
board trustee Marc Stuckey was correct when he stated that Sarver’s hand is in
the cookie jar.
Sarver owns property located at 138-140 N. 5th
Avenue. This is also the building where
Sarver runs his “so called” electrical business. On June 23, 2010 Sarver put the building up
for sale for $599,000 and also for lease at $10 per square foot or $4583.33 per
month.
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| LEN SARVER'S PROPERTY |
With no buyers in site, Sarver again put the property back
on the market on October 25, 2012 at $525,000 and also for lease at $12 per
square foot or $5,500 per month.
On October 18, 2013 the very next day after a press
conference was held announcing the asbestos cover up at Cecil H. Parker elementary;
school trustee Len Sarver put the property located at 138-140 N. 5th
Avenue, back on the market for $500K, $100K less than he was seeking.
All evidence suggests that Sarver is trying to unload this
property very quickly because he is having cash flow issues. Could it be that Sarver knows it is only a
matter of time before he is indicted for betraying the public trust? Does Sarver need the proceeds from the sale
of the house for his legal defense? If
Sarver was such a successful businessman, why is he selling the building where
he runs his business?
Mount Vernon Exposed checked with city officials and it was
discovered that taxes are up to date on 138-140 North 5th Avenue and
on Sarver’s primary address located at 12 Carwall Avenue. Where is Sarver getting the funds to pay his
property taxes taxes? School board
trustees serve 3 year unpaid terms.
Timothy Costello and Len Sarver are good friends and also
attend together, the Sinai Free Synagogue located at 550 N. Columbus Avenue.
Next Issue………”Millions diverted from school fund balance to
contractors connected to Timothy Costello and Len Sarver” ………
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