The school has found itself entwined in fraud accusations after a former assistant head, Trevor Templeman, revealed claims of financial mismanagement ranging up to over €4 million.

Templeman claimed that former chairperson, Kevin Spiteri, defrauded the school of over €200,000 in “miscellaneous” transactions while a former member of staff was paid €25,000 to keep quiet.

He is allegedly said to have received this information from the school principal Stefania Bartolo and head of finance Leanne Spiteri in the presence of other employees, according to MaltaToday.

He sent a recording with a testimony he gave to the school board last month to parents of San Andrea students allegedly detailing the meeting he had with Bartolo and Leanne Spiteri, along with the aftermath that led to his resignation.

Templeman resigned from the school he had worked at for 20 years in October after he allegedly presented the financial mismanagement claims to the school’s board members and board of trustees and was subsequently intimidated.

He also claims that Kevin Spiteri demanded for his children’s school fees to be waived and that there was an allegedly suspicious contract to rent a property belonging to a person linked to the school.

This has unsurprisingly garnered a furious reaction from staff members and clients of the school, with many parents of former pupils informally accusing the school of being indebted to them.

The comments below are allegations that have not been officially confirmed.

“No wonder I’m still waiting for my refundable contribution to be paid back. My son finished San Andrea secondary school in 2006. 16 years down the line I am still waiting for what is due back to me.”

“Here we are talking about a €2,096 refund,” that same commenter continued.

“Us too,” a commenter responded. “We spoke to an administrator who said that I have to produce the original receipt from 12 years ago. Rather than them checking their records,” this individual continued to say that while they can prove the payments, the school is allegedly insisting on receiving the original receipt.

“That’s right, and we’re here waiting for them to give us our 600 Maltese liri that we had donated 12 years ago,” the comment claimed, sparking a chain of agreement

“Me too, never had them.”

“For us it’s been 19 years.”

“10 years and counting.”

“Same goes with me, what a shame after paying all those thousands.”

“My son was one of the first to graduate 18 years ago when I went to confront them [about the money owed] they always come up with an excuse,” another parent alleged.

“I got a reply which stated that according to The Condition Rules, they will start refunding once the repayment of all capital investment loans and interest have been affected to the bank. This means that we will never be refunded.”

“We paid €1,500 as soon as our child was born. It’s been years and not even a peep. Now this? We want our money back now.”

Similarly, an alleged teacher also shared her thoughts on this same Facebook comment thread.

“I resigned from the SAS last year, as I could not trust the management any longer. Suggestion to parents: Delve deep or shall I say deeper – it is your responsibility. It is your school, since this a Parents’ Foundation for Education,” they strongly concluded.”

Do you know anyone that went to San Andrea?