Eight years after the Glenrosa Elementary Parent Advisory Council announced a substantial amount of money was missing from its bank account, the organization’s former treasurer has pleaded guilty to theft.

Appearing remotely, March 30, at the Kelowna courthouse, Brenda Eileen Dumont pleaded to a single charge of theft over $5,000.

No details were given in the courtroom about the amount of money that was stolen or the details of how.

The case dates back to 2018, when the Glenrosa Elementary Parent Advisory Council wrote to parents saying it had become aware of “irregularities” in its finances and the RCMP had been alerted.

The Parent Advisory Council didn’t disclose the precise figure, but at the time, parents told Global News they believed the amount was between $20,000 to $22,000.

It’s not known why it took so long, but last August, Dumont, formerly known as Brenda Bohna, was charged in relation to the missing money.

She was charged with forgery, using a forged document, fraud over $5,000, and theft over $5,000.

Dumont, born in 1985, doesn’t have a criminal record in BC, and has no apparent history of being sued for owing money to people.

Following the missing cash, the Parent Advisory Council wrote to parents making an urgent plea for help so that a wealth of programs and activities the money was earmarked for could continue.

Dumont isn’t the first Parent Advisory Council treasurer to have been caught dipping into the organization’s funds.

In 2024, former South Rutland Elementary Parents Advisory Council treasurer Andrea Marie Blanchard was convicted of stealing $26,000 from its coffers.

Dumont is next due in court in June.