Federal agents on Friday served the St Joseph School District with a subpoena for a large amount of records.
In a statement, Assistant to the Superintendent Steve Huff said the subpoena demands meeting records, meeting notices, polices, personnel records and other documents.
Mr. Huff acknowledged that the records will be part of a federal grand jury investigation in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Mr. Huff would not offer specifics on just how long a period of time the subpoena entails, but he did say it might take as long as a week and a half to comply. Federal agents served the subpoena to the school board secretary, and the district’s custodian of records, Debbie Consolver.
“I want to be very careful what I say,” Huff told reporters. “Obviously this is new ground for us, and, really our purpose here today was to make the community aware that we were served with the subpoena.”
“I don’t want to overstep our bounds in terms of what we say. I just don’t want to do anything that might jeopardize, interfere, trample on the investigation that is ongoing.”
The FBI has spoken with numerous officials within the district, after reports of administrative stipends, alleged nepotism, and possibly illegally-closed meetings. The State Auditor’s Office is investigating the district as well.
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