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Board approves Opportunity Fund waiver after public concern over allocations
Summary
The Red Clay board approved a waiver to allow district-level flexibility in using state Opportunity Funding this year, voting 5-2 after extended discussion. Speakers urged clearer public reporting on how funds are used and the district said a state-mandated report will be posted by Jan. 1, 2026.
The Red Clay Consolidated School District board on Aug. 20 approved a waiver that lets the district reallocate state Opportunity Funding across schools to address staffing and student-support needs, voting 5-2 after public comment and extended board discussion.
Members of the public, including parents and community advocates, urged the board to preserve the funds at the schools that generated them and to publish clear, itemized explanations of how the money is spent. Hadrian Sissel, a parent, told trustees the Opportunity Funding program requires that at least 98% of the funds stay at the school that generated them; Sissel and others said the waiver previously allowed funds to be moved last year and that some high-need schools lost support staff as a result.
Superintendent Dr. Darnell Green and district staff described the waiver as a tool for…
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