Well.

Kentucky's two largest school districts have made recent headlines for their financial woes.

But will Fayette County Public Schools be able to balanced budget ahead of the new fiscal year?

And when will they give updates on the status of Superintendent Demetrius Liggins?

Our Emily Prince has more from today's media briefing.

There's a very good chance we could be in a negative situation.

The interim chief financial officer of Fayette County Public Schools, uncertain about the financial status of the district as they prepare to close out the 2026 fiscal year.

Last year, FcPS announced a $16 million budget deficit and cut more than 100 jobs as a result of assumed her position as interim CFO this March, and said she's still cleaning up the finances of the last couple of years.

We still don't know exactly where we're going to end fiscal year June 30th.

We've worked very hard to try to rein things in when when we realized we weren't in a great financial situation.

The interim CFO said she's focused on getting the budget as balanced as possible for the new fiscal year.

Fayette County Public Schools finances are under the microscope by a couple different auditors, one being the state auditor's office and another an independent Texas based company.

At last night's school board meeting, the board approved giving that independent auditor an additional $35,000 to complete their audit.

The board has already spent 120,000 on their services.

We will accept the data as we receive that data from our partners, whether those are our external audits or whether they are state audits, and we'll use that information to drive continuous improvement forward.

At last night's board meeting, a handful of attendees shared their concerns about leadership in the district.

Drama has continued to unfold as Superintendent Demetrius Wiggins was placed on paid administrative leave on June 10th, and doctor Bill Bradford was named acting superintendent.

Wiggins, his attorney, has since demanded for his job to be reinstated.

During Tuesday's media briefing, the acting superintendent said they would not make any comment about pending legal action related to the matter.

When I asked if he could clear up any confusion on what the future of leadership looks like in the district.

Bradford had this to say.

We understand you're curious about some of the distractions and perhaps some of the news that is attractive in terms of viewership, but we also want you to be equally as attracted to what is happening in our schools and within our system that we're excited about.

Bradford maintained that staff and students will be ready for the new school year come August.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Emily Prince.

Things that are taking place.

Within Fayette County.

Following today's media briefing, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported that the district will make nearly $20 million of cuts for the new fiscal year.