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Updated: 10:47 PM Dec 19, 2008
Achille Superintendent's job future questionable
ACHILLE, OK -- It's a problem many school districts are facing--tight budgets. But a local district says their money problems were caused by one man. Now Achille School Board Members want their superintendent out.
Posted: 10:21 PM Dec 19, 2008Reporter: Rashi Vats Email Address: rashi.vats@kxii.com |
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ACHILLE, Okla -- It's a problem many school districts are facing--tight budgets. But a local district says their money problems were caused by one man. Now Achille School Board Members want their superintendent out.
Achille School Board members say Superintendent Charles Caughern has mishandled the school's money for the past 8 years.
"We can't get our general fund out of the red and we always get it out of the red and it always goes back in because of the carryover. To get your fund to stay in the red you have to have a large carryover and we don't have a huge carryover," said Achille School Board President, Roger West.
West says in order to balance the budget, drastic cuts need to be made and they'll start with the biggest expense--payroll.
"When our funding is out to the point, we will have to cut more faculty," West said.
West says that the school is short $25,000, but public records show the school is actually more than $290,000 in debt.
We asked Caughern about those allegations. He refused to speak to us on camera, but did tell us by phone that the accusations are all false, and that people are just trying to stir up controversy. But the school board says the numbers tell the story.
While the truth about the allegations of money misappropriation may be in question, Caughern's contract is not. Board members voted not to renew his contract for 2010.
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