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Construction, plagued by a series of cost overruns, is all but finished at the $40 million rebuild of Horace O'Bryant Middle School. The Monroe County School Superintendent has hired an outside auditor to review financials. Keynoter photo by SEAN KINNEY
Former District 1 Monroe County School Board member Steve Pribramsky, an accountant and auditor by trade, hopes to start a review of the financial and construction records related to the three-year, $40 million rebuild of Horace O'Bryant Middle School in Key West.
Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2013 07:01 AM EDT
Attendees at the first of six community engagement session designed to help shape a long term strategic plan for the Monroe County School District gave Superintendent Mark Porter largely critical feedback on Thursday night.
Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
After years of impasse between the United Teachers of Monroe and School District administration, a Thursday bargaining session yielded some preliminary consensus.
Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
In the coming weeks, the Monroe County School District will host five "community engagement sessions" to help shape a long-term strategic plan.
Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
- Temps eyed in district's backup plan
With two top administrators set to stop work in April, Monroe County School District Superintendent Mark Porter on Tuesday vetted a "leadership transition plan" with the School Board.
Posted - Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
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School board approves 5.5 percent tax hikeAfter cutting more than $13 million in operating expenses since 2010, Monroe County School Board Chairman John Dick says he's hopeful that adoption of a 2012-13 budget and tax rate will mark a turning point for the school system finances.
Posted - Wednesday, September 05, 2012 11:01 AM EDT
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Schools project $4.1 million fund balanceKen Gentile, the Monroe County School District chief of staff, on Monday gave a 2012-13 budget year preview that includes decreased expenditures and a 5.5 percent tax increase.
Posted - Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:01 AM EDT
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Kinneer demands furlough pay, bonusThere's no love lost between Monroe County School Board Vice Chairman Andy Griffiths and Michael Kinneer, the School District's chief operating officer, formerly the chief financial officer.
Posted - Wednesday, July 25, 2012 07:01 AM EDT
