School principal resigns after writing $100,000 check to Elon Musk impersonator

2023-04-03 01:58

In Brief The principal of a Florida science and technology charter school has resigned after allegedly writing a $100,000 check to an Elon Musk impersonator using school funds.

Dr Jan McGee, who is listed as a founding board member of Burns Science and Technology Charter in Oak Hill, Florida, told the school's board of directors that she had been fooled by the fake Musk after being "Groomed" for months.

According to WESH Orlando, McGee had for years wanted to get Musk involved in funding the school, and someone appears to have picked up her ambition.

Others testified at the meeting that McGee had been warned by staff she was being scammed.

Minutes from a March 9 meeting of the Burns Sci-Tech Charter School Board indicate that McGee's actions were already being reviewed at the time, with one board member requesting a performance review of McGee at the next meeting - the one at which she resigned.

McGee apologized at the March 28 board meeting, but three school administrators said they planned to resign if McGee did not, prompting her resignation.

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