Days before Fayette County Public Schools’ budget director was suspended in August, her supervisor expressed concern that she had not told district leaders about a major part of the district’s looming financial problems, according to TV station WKYT.
In an Aug. 11 email, obtained by WKYT, FCPS budget specialist Jessica Williams told finance director Rodney Jackson that budget director Ann Sampson-Grimes had not communicated that the district’s contingency fund, also known as a rainy day fund, was dwindling.
“Why did she not communicate this to (district leaders)?” Jackson wrote in response to an email from Williams claiming she had alerted Sampson-Grimes to the problem and didn’t get a response…