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Williamsburg Charter High School got publicity it didn't want when its founder, Eddie Calderon-Melendez, was under investigation for allegedly using the schools' public funds as his personal piggy bank. The school refused to cut him loose.

Then in April, Calderon-Melendez was indicted. By that time, the school said he had been gone, completely, for months.

The charter is now asking a judge to stop the Department of Education from closing its doors next month, arguing students should not have to suffer for a former administrator's misdeeds.

"He has been totally removed the school as of February 1. He was removed from his position as CEO of Williamsburg and from the Board of Trustees at Williamsburg," said Ellen Kimatian Eagen, the attorney for Williamsburg Charter.

But NY1 has obtained a document that raises questions about that. The station received an email, written on May 3 by the school's attorney, addressed to "faculty, staff and administration," sent by an assistant principal. The email was forwarded to NY1 from Calderon-Melendez, three months after the the attorney and board claimed his involvement with the school had been completely severed.

Calderon-Melendez sent the message from a school email account under his name. The email says it was sent from his iPhone.

Not just that, but in his email he mentions details about the case that hadn't been made public.

What's more, as of Monday Calderon-Melendez's email account at the school still appeared to work, although he did not respond to NY1's requests for comment.

When NY1 asked the school's attorney about it, she replied, "That’s concerning and I’ll make sure I look into that right this afternoon during my lunch hour."

Eagen said Calderon-Melendez is not at all connected to the school anymore and the fact that his continued access to the school's email system is an "unfortunate" mistake, a technical glitch or perhaps due to his hacking into the system.

The attorney said school officials were working on cutting off Calderon-Melendez's access.

Meanwhile, many of the 900 students whose high school careers hang in the balance crammed into a packed Downtown Brooklyn courtroom Monday, with others spilling out into the hallway. They said they should not lose their school because of bad management.