(KAIR)--The future of a private, Atchison high school is unknown, following what documents indicate is an inability to pay staff.

That is revealed in a Kansas Department of Labor document obtained by MSC Radio News, dated May 24, 2018, and addressed to Carol Kwan and K.T. Leung.

Kwan's business card lists her as the President and Co-Founder of the Riverbend International School, located in Atchison.

Online business records name Leung as the Principal of the Riverbend International School, located in West Covina, California.

According to the Kansas Department of Labor document, Kwan, in a discussion with the department, maintains the position that the school does not have the funds to pay the affected employees.

The document states that Kwan, as of May 24, had not submitted an answer regarding the wage claims despite Kwan agreeing that the wages are owed.

According to a source close to the Riverbend School, speaking to MSC News on condition of anonymity, wages have not been paid since at least March.

The document further states that phone calls placed to Leung have not been successful.

Citing spreadsheets sent to the department by Riverbend Headmaster Paul Ogle, showing what employees are owed, the document, in conclusion, offers methods of remediation for the situation if Kwan, or Leung, make contact within 10 days of the date of the document.

The Department of Labor tells MSC News comment can not be given on the communication between the department and the school officials because it's an ongoing investigation.

Online tax information indicates that property taxes have not been paid for the 1900 North 2nd Street location of the Atchison school since the first-half of 2014.

Information obtained from the Atchison County Treasurer's Office confirms that no property tax payments have been made since December 19, 2014 by Kansas Education Holdings, the legal name of the Riverbend operations.

The special warranty deed for the property was signed in March, 2014.

An email sent to Kwan's Riverbend email, listed on her business card, was returned as non-working. An email sent to her contact page on the California-based West Basin Muncipal Water District, where she is listed as a board member, has not been returned.

A message left by MSC News on the voicemail of her cell phone, as listed on her business card, has also gone unreturned.

A phone call placed to Leung's number, provided through an online business directory, is met only with a busy signal.

Ogle has accepted the position of principal for the Southeast of Saline School District.

He failed to answer Facebook messages from MSC News seeking comment on his decision to accept that role.

According to MSC News archives, the STEAM school is fully accredited with the State of Kansas and began operating in September, 2014.