Former Beverly Hills Unified School District facilities director Karen Christiansen was sentenced to four years and four months in prison Thursday morning after a jury found her guilty of  four felony conflict of interest charges . She was also ordered to pay $2,046,000 in restitution to the district, though there will be a separate hearing on that payment. The judge also ruled that Christiansen must pay the BHUSD $15,575 for its legal fees. Christiansen was released on $500,000 bail pending an appeal of the sentence. She has been in custody since being found guilty Nov. 21 of four felony charges relating to a secret deal she negotiated to be an independent BHUSD contractor while performing her duties as facilities director. Christiansen had served as project manager for the $334 million  Measure E  bond and was reportedly also paid $5.2 million by the district for consultant services between 2006 and 2009. The successful prosecution and sentencing of Christiansen bodes well for the BHUSD, which has spent more than $2 million on legal fees relating to the trial. “This is a victory for our community and for governemnt,” Board of Education President Brian Goldberg told Patch. Goldberg was in attendance at the Tuesday hearing. The district recently recovered $6.6 million in a  legal settlement  from Johnson Controls, an Orange County energy company that secretly hired Christiansen to be a consultant. BHUSD officials are also pursuing settlements with other businesses that profited from their association with Christiansen. Christiansen’s sentencing comes a day before a related trial starts of former BHUSD Superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard. He has been  charged with three felony counts  of misappropriation of public funds, including two counts stemming from allegations that he approved a raise and a car allowance for Christiansen without approval from the BHUSD school board. Hubbard now serves as superintendent for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. He would lose his teaching and administrative credentials—and hence his job—if he is found guilty, the  Daily Pilot  reported Dec. 31. The California Education Code bars a district from employing a superintendent who has lost his or her credentials. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing is required to automatically revoke credentials for the conviction of a felony misappropriation of public funds, Commission General Counsel Nanette F. Rufo told the  Pilot . If Hubbard is found guilty, his credentials would be revoked once the criminal appeals process is complete, the paper said. Hubbard’s trial is scheduled to start Friday morning in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Be sure to follow Beverly Hills Patch on  Twitter  and “Like” us on  Facebook . More: Karen Christiansen Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison