Duval Schools’ financial position is “strong,” according to its CFO, and what Superintendent Christopher Bernier characterized as “$100 million debt” was, in reality, a “projection of a potential” reduction in the district’s reserves that never came to pass.
The district’s finances have come under scrutiny after Bernier repeatedly invoked the “$100 million debt” while encouraging the School Board to close schools over the past year.
State Rep. Kimberly Daniels, D-Jacksonville, this week wrote to district officials, demanding proof of the budgetary crisis that, she said, was used to justify closing schools…