The sentencing of three major figures in the Roslyn School District embezzlement scandal has once again been canceled.

This past Monday, March 27, was to have been the sentencing day for Dr. Frank A. Tassone, Pamela Gluckin, and Debra Rigano, all of whom have pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges.

However, the sentencing day for both Ms. Gluckin and Ms. Rigano has now been pushed ahead to Tuesday, May 2, while Tassone's sentencing will take place the next Tuesday, May 9. Originally, Tassone was to be sentenced on Feb. 28.

"The county is trying to get more restitutions from the defendants," said a spokesman for District Attorney Kathleen Rice's office. That, the spokesman added, was the same reason for canceling the Feb. 28 sentencing date.

Last fall, Tassone agreed to pay up to $2 million in embezzled funds. At that time, then-District Attorney Denis Dillon claimed the monies represented "virtually all the money Tassone stole."

In all, over $8 million was embezzled from the school district.

Prior to the Feb. 28 non-sentencing date, leaders of various Roslyn area civic associations wrote a letter to the Nassau County Probation Department asking that Tassone "be given the strongest sentence possible under the law for the scandalous crimes he committed against the students, parents, and taxpayers of the Roslyn School District." It has long been expected that Tassone, when sentenced, would received a jail term of 4 to 12 years.

Although the sentencing of Dr. Tassone, Ms. Gluckin, and Ms. Rigano has not yet taken place, the recent months have seen some conclusions in the embezzlement scandal.

In February, Andrew Miller was sentenced to four months in jail and five years probation. Miller, a former partner in the public accountant firm of Miller, Lilly & Pearce, had pleaded guilty to Tampering with Public Records, a Class D felony. That firm had been the audit partner for the Roslyn School District and as it turned down, for over 50 other public school districts throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Most recently, Stephen Signorelli was sentenced to one to three years on grand larceny charges. Signorelli also agreed to pay $219,000 in restitution for his involvement in the scandal. Signorelli was a principal with WordPower (WP), the software firm that supplied certain handbooks for the school district.

Finally, last month, John McCormick, the son of Ms. Gluckin, pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges. McCormick became the sixth of six major defendants to plead guilty in the scandal.