Apparently, Metro Nashville Public Schools is in such dire straits due to a so-called “budget shortfall” that at least one school was denied a request for paper.
WTVF-NewsChannel 5 has the story:
“We would not allow any school to go without paper, we would not allow any school to go without materials,” he said.
However, that indeed had already happened.
“Overton did everything right,” said Evernham.
The school’s principal, Dr. Jill Pittman, put in a request for paper funding but she was denied. So parents, instead, took matters into their own hands and on Wednesday morning delivered cases of paper for the entire school.
While this issue has seemingly been resolved (paper was to arrive this morning), it highlights the continued confusion around the surprise budget crisis that has created a hiring and spending freeze in the district.
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