MOUNT VICTORIA PTA TREASURER LAUNCHES FULL AUDIT OVER MISSING $3.50
The sausage sizzle float was short by the price of one sausage. The treasurer has cleared her Thursday.
A Mount Victoria School PTA treasurer has launched what she calls a "full reconciliation process" after the Term 3 sausage sizzle float came back $3.50 light. That's one sausage in bread with a squirt of Wattie's.
Treasurer Annabel Crispin-Yates, a policy advisor on Lambton Quay, said she had "no choice but to escalate". The float was counted twice on Friday and locked in the staffroom tin. Four people hold a key.
"I am not suggesting impropriety," Crispin-Yates said, while clearly suggesting impropriety. "I am suggesting $3.50 does not walk off. Someone has helped themselves to a Coke Zero from the chilly bin without putting the coin in."
A committee member, who asked not to be named because the AGM is in three weeks, said the matter had already eaten two WhatsApp threads. There was also one email titled "Quick query — re: float". "It's $3.50," she said. "My husband spends more than that on parking."
The principal said the PTA operated independently and she had "every confidence in Annabel's processes". She then announced she was "about to go into a meeting". The meeting appeared to last the rest of the day.
Crispin-Yates has requested CCTV from the staffroom. The staffroom does not have CCTV. The $3.50 remains missing.
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Reader Letters
Trev_Hornby
It's a bloody sausage, not gold bars!
MumOf3
It's probably just a simple mistake in counting change. Happens to the best of us. Let's not cause drama over small change.
Garry (Halswell)
I miss when schools had bigger things to worry about than $3.50. Back in my day, we focused on raising enough for new rugby posts, not a single snag. This is a bit of a storm in a teacup if you ask me.
couchgremlin
Lol
wayne1987
Mate, could it be more of a piss-take? Next, they'll want a police escort for the sausage sizzle!
Ned_The_Bloke
Annabel's overreacting. It's not like it's real money, it's just school sausage sizzle funds. Let's put it into perspective here.
tin_foil_hat_Tina
I'll bet the $3.50 was taken by one of those conspiracy theorists who think the Earth's flat. This is just a distraction from the real issues like where all the stationery budget went!
Kylie_from_Karori
@MumOf3 people need to chill. It's a sausage, not the crown jewels.
Rochelle_MV
@Ned_The_Bloke Mate, you clearly don't know the politics of the PTA. It's like Game of Thrones in there, but with sausages.