{"id":275186,"date":"2025-09-30T21:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dana.nwar.uk\/sa\/how-fcps-staff-spent-2-6-million-in-six-months\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:22:51","slug":"how-fcps-staff-spent-2-6-million-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/how-fcps-staff-spent-2-6-million-in-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"How FCPS Staff Spent $ 2.6 Million in Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Our in the Spotlight Stories,<\/b> Herald-Leader Journalists Bring You Continuing Coverage of News and Events Important to Our Central Kentucky Community. Read More.<\/b><\/a> Story Idea? hlctygegion@herald-leader.com.<\/i><\/p>\n

Fayette County Public Schools Employees racked Up More than $ 2.5 Million in Charges on School-Issuded Credit Cards from August 2024 to January 2025, Accounting to the District Financial Records.<\/p>\n

A Herald-Leader Review of 215 Pages of Credit Card States ABOUT 135 High-Ranking Fayette County School Administrators Spent $ 2,570,611 on District-Issuded Fifth Third Credit Cards During Those Six Months.<\/p>\n

Among Those Charges Were 34 Meals that Cost BetWeen $ 500 and $ 1,000, and 23 Meals that Cost More than $ 1,000. Almost all the meals were in lexington, accorting to Credit Card Statements. One out-of-state meal was for $ 948 at Ellen\u2019s Stardust Dine in New York City.<\/p>\n

District Officials Said Some of the Charges \u2013 Including $ 32,000 at Crank and Boom Ice Cream \u2013 Were Paid for Through Donations. Others, Such as the meals, $ 3,300 at an AX-Throwing Entertainment Complex and Thousands of Dollars in Specialty Chocolates, Were Approved and Paid for School Officials.<\/p>\n

There are wells thusands of dollars in hotel stays during that time time, including a trip to Finland.<\/p>\n

The Herald-Leader\u2019s Analysis of Six Months of Credit Card Spending Monti of Growing Frustration from Some Fayette County Public School Board Members, Taxpayers, Parent and Some State Legislators on How<\/p>\n

Questions About the District Depending Height in May After It Was Revealed Kentucky\u2019s Second-Largest District Had a $ 16 million Project Budget Shortfall. A SCHOOL FINANCE OFFICAL HAS ALSO CLASOD SHE was suspended for Sounding the alarm<\/a> About Rising Costs and A Shrinking Continting Fund.<\/p>\n

The Latest Analysis Comes on the Heels of the Herald-Leader Reporting on Travel-Related Experts by Fcps Staffers. In December, The NewsPaper Reported the District HAD Spent $ 3.6 Million on More than 200 Trips<\/u><\/a> for administrators and teachers During the 2023-24 School Year. That\u2019s more than the Kentucky\u2019s Other Large School Districts, Including Louisville\u2019s Jefferson County Public Schools, Which Spent $ 2.3 Million During Time Frame.<\/p>\n

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