An organizer with a major educators’ union in Kentucky says district officials asked her to leave and escorted her out of Monday’s emotionally charged Fayette County Board of Education meeting where details of the district’s financial troubles were revealed.
Interim Fayette Schools Chief Financial Officer Kyna Koch said during the meeting that Fayette County Public Schools had often operated outside of state, federal and accounting practices and financial records have been fundamentally misstated for years The district will have to take out a short term loan and cuts are pending to both non-teaching district jobs and work days.
Upon hearing that and other bad news about district finances, Laura Hartke, who’s part of the union KY 120 United AFT, said she commented “wow” in a normal voice…