Contract employee for 2 school districts accused of stealing money

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A woman who worked for two years as a contract employee for two school districts is accused of stealing money by lying about home visits she claimed to have made as part of Parents as Teachers programs.

Diane L. Chamberlin of Dearborn, Missouri, is charged in Platte County Court with one count of felony theft over $750.

Chamberlin worked for the Buchanan County R-IV and North Platte R-1 school districts, according to a court document.

She referred to a family she claimed to have visited as high needs or non-high needs.

According to the court document, Chamberlin received $90 to visit a family with high needs and $70 for a family without high needs.

She allegedly electronically documented visits that she had not made but had been paid for.

An audit by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education found that Chamberlin did not properly document any visits.

According to the court document, she was paid more than $25,000 for visits she did not make.

Chamberlin is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 5 for a hearing in Platte County Court.

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