ROANOKE, Va. – Leaders of the City of Roanoke and Roanoke City Public Schools met recently to discuss the path forward after acrimony over a funding dispute became public.
It has to do with fund balances, or money left over after a budgeted amount is spent. RCPS has been holding on those balances to use in future years, but a new administration at the Municipal Building is seeking to end that practice.
In correspondence first reported by the Roanoke Rambler and obtained by 10 News through a records request, new city manager Valmarie Turner said “our questions only grew” as leaders reviewed the school budget…