The sentencing for Ann Milliaressis, the lunch lady who pleaded guilty in March to skimming thousands of dollars from Sloatsburg residents, will be postponed according to this report.

Milliaressis, from Tomkins Cove, was employed by Ramapo Central School District food contractor Whitsons Culinary Group (technically, its subsidiary, Whitsons School Nutrition Corp.), a family-run food company based in Islandia, NY. Milliaressis was in charge of students’ meal accounts and faces up to three years in prison for stealing as much as $16,000 from August 2009 until May 2011 by short changing the system and pocketing the rest.

It was reported that Rockland County Court Judge Charles Apotheker needed more time to examine the dollar amount Milliaressis would have to pay back.

Whitsons employs 1500 people and reported $80 million in sales. The company is contracted by the school district to provide  lunchroom services and meals. Whitsons’ contract was recently reupped by the  school district. As part of her original plea deal, Milliaressis agreed to pay $2,000 in restitution to Sloatsburg Elementary School.

Ramapo School District Superintendent Douglas Adams said that when concerns about possible wrongdoing were uncovered, the district immediately contacted the Ramapo Police Department and Whitsons. “All of our children at the Sloatsburg Elementary School were properly fed and were not adversely impacted by this incident,” Adams said.

Court papers show that Milliaressis admitted taking cash and checks from students that were directed toward paying for school lunches. With sole responsibility for student lunch payments and charged by Whitsons t0 deposit school lunch funds, Milliaresses was able to develop a petty criminal system whereby she would collect funds, enter a lesser amount in the books and pocket the rest.

After her arrest and the whole Milliaressis story unfolded, many Sloatsburg parents spoke of instances where they were double billed by the school lunch program — or billed for lunches on days that their kids did not participate in the program. Some parents shrugged off the bills as their own accounting errors while others grew suspicious of school lunch room chicanery. Eventually reports to the school, related to billing discrepancies, helped set into motion the lunch scam investigation.

The date of Milliaressis’ sentencing has not been set.