An upcoming Fayette County School Board vote on whether to close a program and combine two academies is “just the beginning” of difficult decisions in the district, Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said this week.
“These are tough decisions that have to be made by the board,” Liggins said Monday, as the district prepares to review the future of its 70 schools. “No one’s happy to lose their home school. No one is happy to lose their neighborhood school, their special program. It’s unfortunate that we are here. But it is the reality of our community at this point.
“This is just the beginning of the difficult decisions. It doesn’t make anyone happy, myself included.”…