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Fayette County Public School officials say several employee trips remain on the agenda for potential approval at Monday night’s board meeting, despite a recent order from Superintendent Demetrus Liggins, because the trips were submitted several weeks ago.
The board will be asked to approve $28,187 in trips for school staff, paid from the budget’s general fund, according to Monday’s agenda. The request comes just three days after Liggins, citing a “crisis point” in the budget, said the district would adopt several cost-cutting measures, including limiting employee travel funded by the general fund to only mandatory trips…