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One key budget-related item was not mentioned Thursday night at a special board meeting on Fayette County Public Schools’ finances: a letter from the district’s budget director claiming she was put on leave in retaliation for warning of financial problems in the district.
Ann Sampson-Grimes, in a letter her lawyer shared with district officials Wednesday night, said her superiors ignored her warnings about the district’s budget problems and then retaliated against her by placing her on administrative leave…