Dr. Bill Bradford stepped into the leadership role at the district this summer after Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins was placed on paid leave. Despite turmoil at the central office over Liggins and the budget, Bradford said Fayette County was ready for the start of the 26-27 school year.
"I think that the abundance of my preparation today was making sure that the system at large, like our district office, was prepared to execute what needed to be done today in order to have an efficient first day of school," Bradford said. "So transportation, operations, school leadership, academic service, student support, and really making sure all of our departments across the organization were prepared to support our classroom teachers so that our students really had a good first day."
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Bradford met twice leading up to today, and both said they felt those meetings were productive and that they "looked forward to a good working relationship."
And Gorton said they have already discussed plans for winter months, which created major challenges for the city last season because of snow and ice, causing FCPS to cancel school for several days due to treacherous road conditions. Gorton said the updated snow plan should be ready by next month.
