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A former leader of a parent-teacher organization at a San Jose elementary school has pleaded no contest to stealing $20,000 from the group so she could visit Legoland and get her hair done, authorities said Wednesday.

Vanessa Eleana Reyes, 40, of San Gabriel (Los Angeles County), used the money to pay for the trip to the San Diego-area children’s theme park, hairstyling, meals, clothing and sports equipment, Santa Clara County prosecutors say.

Reyes, a former parent at San Jose’s Trace Elementary School, has paid full restitution plus interest and could be sentenced to up to a year in jail on July 1.

A separate case against Anne Zingale, 48, of San Jose, an administrative assistant at Trace, is pending. Zingale is former treasurer of the parent-teacher organization who allegedly stole $28,000.

The investigation began in October when members of the group told police that there were strange charges on the organization’s credit card and that money was missing. One new group member noticed a suspicious iTunes transaction, authorities said.