Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent . They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize its impossible for then to solve this problem.
The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month. Its extraordinary.
Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level, said State Treasurer Mike Coffman.
Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in time for the holidays.
District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38 schools.
At Coffmans request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the districts finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.
In Frederick, students parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.
Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the districts $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper.
We employ thousands of people in this community, said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds. We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.
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