Board Chair Calls Special Meeting for Sept. 16

Statement from Fayette County Board of Education Chair Tyler Murphy

As the Fayette County Board of Education considers the adoption of the 2025-26 fiscal year working budget, we remain focused on our most important responsibility: supporting students in the classroom. The challenges we’ve faced are not unique. We must approach them head-on, committed to solutions and stronger communications in order to strengthen trust with our community. 

With a clearer picture of our year-end finances and a 2025-26 proposed budget that prioritizes investments in students, we are ready to take the next steps in that work. 

I have called a special board meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 5:30 p.m. with the agenda to include authorizing an external operational audit, investigation, and review of our budget, finance, and internal control systems. 

Over the past few weeks, the vice chair and I have collaborated with the superintendent, sharing key recommendations to improve district processes and the board’s work. Many of these have already been implemented. This independent review will build on that progress, identify other solution areas, and reinforce our promise to the community to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. 

Our board remains committed to ensuring that every child in our care has the opportunity to succeed and the support they need to achieve their dreams. In the end, their success is the true measure of our success.