Thread: 40 custodians at school out of jobs over S S irregularities

40 custodians at Mansfield schools out of jobs over Social Security irregularities
By TRACI SHURLEYtshurley@star-telegram.com
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Forty custodians at Mansfield schools have lost their jobs or resigned since August after an internal audit found that the Social Security numbers they had given the district were incorrect or invalid, school officials said Tuesday.

The district began verifying the Social Security numbers of the 269 employees in the custodial department after receiving an employee tip that some might be false, according to district spokesman Terry Morawski.

One hundred twenty employees’ numbers have been checked so far. Social Security numbers are issued by the federal government to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and immigrants. In the case of permanent residents and immigrants, they are proof that the person has valid immigration status.

Jeff Brogden, director of facilities and operations for the district, said the situation was shocking and "heartbreaking" because some of the employees involved had been with the district as long as 10 years.

"They’re like family. It’s a very difficult situation," he said.

Mansfield has about 30,000 students and more than 3,500 employees.

The district is not required by law to verify Social Security numbers that it submits to the Internal Revenue Service. However, employers can face civil penalties if they do not take action when the IRS notifies them that a Social Security number does not match the name submitted or appears invalid.

Mansfield school officials couldn’t determine Tuesday whether the district had received any notifications regarding the 40 employees.

Each of the custodial employees had undergone criminal background checks based on fingerprints, but the checks did not reveal the invalid numbers, Morawski said.

Brogden said that employees with invalid numbers were given 90 days to resolve the issue and that many worked until the last day possible.

Morawski said the district is reviewing its policy for verifying Social Security numbers. District officials have not contacted law enforcement about the invalid numbers, he said.

"At this point, it’s all been internal," he said.

No federal law requires employers to notify law enforcement of invalid Social Security numbers, according to Carl Rusnok, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The agency is always interested, though, in information that may lead to identifying people using fraudulent identification, Rusnok said.


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Forty custodians at Mansfield schools have lost their jobs or resigned since August after an internal audit found that the Social Security numbers they had given the district were incorrect or invalid, school officials said Tuesday.

The district began verifying the Social Security numbers of the 269 employees in the custodial department after receiving an employee tip that some might be false, according to district spokesman Terry Morawski.

Proof POSITIVE E-Verify works! And yet, unless a company/ Employer voluntarily does this, the idiots in favor of the "bailout" refuse to allow it. To paraphrase Michelle Nobama, for the first time in my adult life I am ASHAMED to be an American. Talk about losing ALL faith in your Government...

Each of the custodial employees had undergone criminal background checks based on fingerprints, but the checks did not reveal the invalid numbers, Morawski said.

Easy to get another name in order to pass background checks. Using someone else' ss# automatically leaves me to believe they are using more than one name.

40 job openings for AMERICANS using their OWN ss#'s, GOOD!

There's 40 jobs American citizens could have had, and these jobs don't pay bad for blue collar work and normally the benefits are pretty good too.

Originally Posted by PatrioticMe

There's 40 jobs American citizens could have had, and these jobs don't pay bad for blue collar work and normally the benefits are pretty good too.

And just think, they've only checked 120 so far. It pisses me off to no end how inept our leaders are when it comes to the most basic stuff, yet the authorities are trying to prosecute Phelps for a photo that "appears" to show him smoking pot. The authorities have absolutely NO proof he ever smoked pot -how do you do a test on a photo?.. The taxpayers should pissed off too. On one hand we're told we need to save money, on the other hand we will spend untold amounts of money to prosecute someone who can't be prosecuted. We all remember how the guy confessed to killing Jon Benet, but they had to let him go because there was NO proof he did it. Damn shame...

Forty custodians at Mansfield schools have lost their jobs or resigned since August after an internal audit found that the Social Security numbers they had given the district were incorrect or invalid, school officials said Tuesday.

Well what do you know!! Let me tell you something...I was shocked to learn that a custodian in some of these school districts can earn over $50,000 a year!!! The supervisors can earn anywhere from $50,000 up to $85,000 a year!

This is great money considering the fact your not required to have a college degree to land one of these jobs. The benefits are great as well.

I guess no American citizen is interested in a good job with excellent benefits!

[/quote]Jeff Brogden, director of facilities and operations for the district, said the situation was shocking and "heartbreaking" because some of the employees involved had been with the district as long as 10 years.

If you would have verified them when hired you wouldn't be in this situation. This is why everyone needs to be verified when hired.

Jeff Brogden, director of facilities and operations for the district, said the situation was shocking and "heartbreaking" because some of the employees involved had been with the district as long as 10 years.

If you would have verified them when hired you wouldn't be in this situation. This is why everyone needs to be verified when hired.

Great point DA! If Jeff Brogden is so "heart broken" over illegal invaders losing a job that they STOLE in the first place, then perhaps he should take it upon himself to implement E-Verify, so as he does not have to endure such tragedy in the future!

I personally could not be more thrilled! Maybe now an AMERICAN CITIZEN will have a crack at on of these jobs!

Wait until they start checking school in Houston. Maybe they can put them all in the Astrodome until they can get buses to send them back the Mexico.

Originally Posted by bigtex

Wait until they start checking school in Houston. Maybe they can put them all in the Astrodome until they can get buses to send them back the Mexico.

Not to mention Los Angeles BT! They will have to close down LAX in order to fly them all back!