LEXINGTON, Ky. — Months of tough conversations about money and trust are coming to a head. The Fayette County Board of Education is now presenting a new multi-million dollar working budget for the 2025-26 school year after challenges.
Finances and accountability were on the agenda at a public meeting in Frankfort as FCPS Superintendent Demetrus Liggins spoke with state education committee leaders.
Laura Hartke, an organizer with Kentucky 120 United-AFT, was in the audience along with other union members after they had spent months vocalizing concerns about protecting FCPS classrooms, collective bargaining and critical subjects…