» SunRise Academy, which runs two private schools in Northwest Washington, has been paid more than $7.5 million since fiscal 2006. The school’s founder, Charles Emor, is awaiting sentencing after being convicted for participating in a stolen computer ring.
» Just A Mite, Inc., a Christian special education center in Southeast, was paid nearly $1.6 million in the past 16 months. According to a school attendance audit, Just A Mite enrolled two students last year. Just A Mite Director Morris Dickerson said enrollment fluctuates and that he has “probably 13” children under his care. He can’t explain why he would be paid at such a high rate for just a few children.
“The administration is up or down,” Dickerson said. “I can’t give rhyme or reason to it.”
» Atlantic Health Service, a Rockville-based speech pathology company, has been paid more than $2 million since October 2005.
Last year, the company filed for bankruptcy. Its debts included a loan for a Mercedes-Benz for its chief executive and $550,000 in personal loans for its chief executive and its chief finance officer. The federal government also claimed the company owed nearly $600,000 in back taxes.
When asked for comment by The Examiner, Atlantic Director Michael Bohman said: “I really don’t want to get into questions and answers right now.” He then hung up the phone.
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