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Former Santa Rosa County School Administrator Charged With Grand Theft
March 12, 2025
A former Santa Rosa County School Administrator has been charged with grand theft by state authorities.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested 57-year-old Kelly Rae Short of Milton. She is the former treasurer of the Santa Rosa County Association of School Administrators (SRCACA) and the former director of in-service and instructional technology for the Santa Rosa County school district.
The investigation began on Aug. 14, 2024, after the Santa Rosa County school district contacted FDLE with the results of an independent financial audit of the SRCASA’s account which indicated that Short may have committed criminal activities during her tenure as SRCASA treasurer. Short’s responsibilities as the SRCASA treasurer included collecting members’ dues, purchasing awards and gifts, writing checks for SRCASA payments and reimbursements, and maintaining the annual SRCASA account reports.
The investigation found that the Short doctored bank statements and stole approximately $3,498.07 from the account. Short wrote eight checks to herself from the SRCASA account and she added the SRCASA bank account to her personal Venmo to divert monies from the business account to her personal bank account.
The case is being investigated by the FDLE Pensacola office, and the investigation remains active.
Short was released from Santa Rosa County Jail Monday on $5,000 bond.
She was a finalist for the 2016 Florida Innovative Principal of the Year during her tenure as Jay Elementary School principal.
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12 Responses to “Former Santa Rosa County School Administrator Charged With Grand Theft”
Christina
The quote from the Bible is “For the LOVE of money is the root of all evil; Which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows”. 1 Titus 6:10 Praying for her and her family.
Geesh! Her Bond was higher then what she *
“Allegedly ” stole.
She needs a course in math.
Seems more like the lack of enough money is the root of all evil based on the stories that I read about.
For everyone that are a comment…I hope that you all have plenty of stones to toss…how about a prayer for her and for the people that she hurt through this unfortunate incident..There is no perfect being on this earth..ask yourself what have you done and not yet got caught. POINT IS…WELL ALL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH GOD…BE CAREFUL HOW YOU PUT YOUR MOUTH ON PEOPLE
Something tells more is to come. I just can’t imagine her destroying her life and her families life for that amount of money! I pray I’m wrong but I think I’m not!!!!
Money is the root of all evil literally so sad and just embarrassing
Destroy your life, make your kids hide their faces, never get a good job again. For 3,400.00?
She got innovative alright, unfortunately not innovative enough.
Stealing from children. Lowest of the low.
Lord, this is so bad. Standards are so low in this country.Now it’s not even funny. I hope they throw the book at her. I’m tired of these privileged people getting away with murder and making the poor people suffer even more.
She had to finance/pay for “them” somehow…. Not to smart lady
What’s up with these school administrators embezzling money!