Stoll could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
Stoll was employed as Springfield’s athletic director for several years and was responsible for the athletic department’s finances and depositing money with the district treasurer, according to the audit.
During the period of March 14, 2012 to July 31, 2013, he had a personal bank account called “Mark Stoll Tournament” which he used to sponsor ACME Summer Baseball, purchase baseball equipment and other expenses, according to the audit.
Results showed that during this period, eight checks totaling $6,246 were made payable to Springfield Schools and were “endorsed by a” Springfield HS Athletics Dept. stamped and deposited into the “Mark Stoll Tournament” bank account instead of the district bank account. »
Those checks were intended for the district, but were diverted to Stoll’s personal account and used for his cellphone expenses “and for checks payable in cash or to Mr. Stoll himself,” according to the audit.
According to the auditor’s office, no criminal charges have been brought against Stoll.
Springfield school officials said a ‘notice of discovery’ letter was sent to Stoll, who had not been employed in the district for years and was not an employee at the start of the year. investigation, which showed checks had been deposited into a personal bank account and not one of the neighborhood.
“Creating such an account was common practice in athletic departments at that time; however, this is no longer permitted,” communications specialist Jenna Leinasars said.
“As the letter was just released today (Thursday), the District has not received the monies owed to the District. … The District hopes to receive the monies owed in a timely manner,” she said. added
Leinasars reiterated that the audit of the 2020-21 school year was clean, but the issue involving Stoll relates to a “special investigation” conducted by the auditor’s office.
“This is not an audit of the Springfield City School District and is separate from the annual financial audit,” she said. “The special investigation does not reflect the operations of the district or our healthy financial situation.”
In a separate audit published for schools in Xenia, the auditor found that the same thing happened between August 1, 2013 and May 19, 2016 in Xenia. In this case, 11 checks totaling $2,476 were made payable to Xenia Schools, but deposited into Stoll’s personal “Mark Stoll Tournament” account.
A collection order seeking reimbursement of public funds from Springfield and Xenia was issued against Stoll and in favor of the districts athletic funds.
Xenia school officials released a brief statement on Thursday.
“The district was not aware of this issue until the recovery finding was released in the state’s 2021 audit report,” Xenia Schools spokeswoman Kristy Creel said. . “As athletic director from 2013 to 2016, Mark Stoll was part of a previous administration and has not been involved with the district since then.”
Stoll retired as athletic director of Springfield High School at the end of the 2012-13 school year – the year of the spending sprees. Stoll, who was 58 at the time, had been in the Springfield district since 1982.
After retiring from Springfield, Stoll moved on and served as athletic director at Xenia High School for three years. He resigned at the end of the 2015-2016 school year.