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JCPS' school board claims it was kept in the dark about the district's dire financial state for several years.

Former Superintendent Marty Pollio argues the financial situation has not changed and the new warnings are just "hyperbole."

Two days after leaders of Kentucky's largest school system were told for the first time that bankruptcy might be on the horizon , the district's former superintendent argued its financial state has not changed, while board members argued they've been kept in the dark for several years.

Former Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio, who retired from the district in June , spoke with The Courier Journal on Sept. 18 following a Jefferson County Board of Education meeting where finance leaders said overspending ha

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