At least 11 people who spoke at Wednesday’s Fayette County Board of Education meeting asked for Fayette Superintendent Demetrus Liggins’ resignation or firing amid the district’s significant budget problems.
Liggins has been superintendent amid extensive financial issues. The district acknowledged last year it was facing a potential $16 million budget shortfall, and a contingency fund that was expected to be big enough to fill that gap actually held much less money than expected, district officials said in August last year. Last month, FCPS announced that because of accounting issues dating back nearly 20 years, FCPS has a much lower fund balance than previously thought.
Liggins has come under increased pressure amid those problems…