A former real estate developer indicted on charges last year of embezzlement and fraud was able to get a job as an Albuquerque teacher.
Albuquerque Public Schools officials told the Albuquerque Journal on Thursday that English teacher William Kalinowski is on paid leave from Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School.
Authorities say Kalinowski, a former luxury home developer in Santa Fe, owed millions of dollars to investors, subcontractors and banks by 2008.
APS spokeswoman Monica Armenta says Kalinowski, who was hired in February, was put on leave after KRQE-TV brought his ongoing criminal case to their attention.
Armenta says state law did not allow them to ask Kalinowski on his initial application about any felony convictions or charges.
APS will now require applicants disclose such matters just before getting hired.
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