Kingfisher Public Schools cut 21 positions including both teaching and administrations jobs because of a one point nine million budget shortfall. The budget shortfall is connected to a five million lawsuit settlement the district was ordered to pay from a hazing lawsuit filed by a former football player. Kingfisher’s interim superintendent says to avoid a property tax increase to cover the settlement the excise board reduced his budget. The football coach at the center of the lawsuit, Jeff Myers, remains on administrative leave. He is facing charges of felony child neglect for overlooking the alleged hazing.
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