covington principal arrested in cover-up of school funds scandal as parents demand answers
Local parents are asking who really profited after high school principal Mark Thompson was taken into custody Tuesday, facing charges that he siphoned over $200,000 from a taxpayer-funded program intended to benefit low-income students. Investigators say Thompson, a decade-long figure in Covington’s school system, approved fake invoices for tutoring services that never happened—money that allegedly went toward personal expenses. But skeptics note the district’s superintendent quietly retired last month without comment, and the board’s financial records remain sealed. The question on everyone’s mind: was this a lone operator, or a convenient scapegoat for a broken system that funnels public funds upward?