Former Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Sonia Diaz, who is in the middle of an appeal of her November firing, is alleging that personal papers and files were stolen from her office after she was suspended last year and locked out of it.
Diaz filed a police report last week claiming that financial information, birth and baptismal certificates, retirement plans from previous jobs and personal notes vanished from her office after she was placed on leave last year and her keys were taken, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.
“When the board suspended her, they took her keys and basically locked her out of her office,” Diaz’s attorney, Larry White of
White said school officials told him “none of her personal documents were taken,” and that police are investigating the matter as a possible larceny.
District spokeswoman Jo Galvan told the newspaper the risk management department is handling the situation.
The board is set to announce Monday its decision on her appeal of Diaz’s termination. White also told the newspaper that, “If they do vote to terminate Dr. Diaz, we will immediately file for the next step, the most meaningful step, before an independent arbitrator.”