State board votes to take control of Menifee schools

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Board of Education has voted to take over Menifee County Schools where officials said earlier assistance has not fixed the district’s problems.

The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/1JUwS6t ) reports the board voted unanimously Friday to take over the district, which has about 1,100 students in Frenchburg. The district joins the Breathitt County school district under the Kentucky Department of Education’s management.

The decision means the state education commissioner exercises complete control of school district management formerly exercised by the local school board and the superintendent.

The district has been under state assistance since December after a management audit found a significant lack of efficiency and effectiveness in the school district’s finances and instruction.

State documents show the Menifee school board voted in June not to contest the move.