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NAMPA SCHOOL
DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT --
GARY LARSEN --
OUT...AND BUDGET
PROBLEMS ONLY
EXPECTED TO GET
WORSE.
BUT A FORMER
EMPLOYEE SAYS THE
MONEY PROBLEMS
WENT BACK
YEARS...AND SAYS
WHEN SHE SPOKE
OUT ABOUT IT, SHE
WAS FIRED.
TONIGHT -- HER
LAWYER SAYS ...
THEY SHOULD HAVE
LISTENED WHEN SHE
SPOKE UP.
DANIELLE SISAYAKET
OUTLINED HER
CONCERNS ABOUT
POSSIBLE FRAUD TO
HUMAN RESOURCES
AT THE NAMPA
SCHOOL DISTRICT ... A
WEEK LATER, SHE
WAS FIRED. THE
DISTRICT SAYS IT
WAS BECAUSE OF
BUDGET CUTS.
SHE FILED A
WHISTLEBLOWER
LAWSUIT.
IN RESPONSE,
ATTORNEYS FOR THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAID THEY FOUND NO
EVIDENCE OF
WRONGDOING ...
THAT IT WAS A
FRIVOULOUS
LAWSUIT...AND ASKED
FOR ATTORNEY'S
FEES BACK.
BUT HER LAWYER
HAS A DIFFERENT
TAKE.
THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT SAYS THAT
THE
SUPERINTENDENT'S
RESIGNATION HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE LAWSUIT.
BUT DANIELLE SIS-
AY-AKET, THE
WHISTLEBLOWER,
SENT US A
STATEMENT SAYING...
"IF IT WAS A
BUDGETING ERROR
ONLY, THEN THE
EXACT AMOUNT OF
THE SHORTFALL
WOULD BE KNOWN. I
BELIEVE, ONCE WE
RECEIVE THE
DISCOVERY WE HAVE
ASKED FOR, IT WILL
EXPLAIN THE FULL
EXTENT OF WHAT
TOOK PLACE."
TODAY'S 6 OBTAINED
A COPY OF FORMER
SUPERINTENDENT
LARSEN'S
RESIGNATION
LETTER.
IT READS IN
PART..."THE
DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS ARE
WORSE THAN
BELIEVED."
"...THE CURRENT
YEAR'S BUDGET IS IN
TROUBLE...
EXPENDITURES
DRASTICALLY EXCEED
REVENUE."
"...I WAS SHOCKED
AND SICKENED BY
THE NEWS..."
WE'VE MADE
SEVERAL CALLS TO
THE DISTRICT AND
BOARD MEMBERS TO
FIND OUT WHAT THE
NUMBERS REALLY
SHOW.
BOARD CHAIRMAN
SCOTT KEY-DOE TOLD
US HE DOESN'T
KNOW, BUT SCOFFS
AT RUMORS THAT IT
COULD BE AS HIGH AS
SEVEN MILLION
DOLLARS...HE WENT
ON TO SAY THAT THE
DISTRICT WILL BE
FINANCIALLY
SOLVENT THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF
THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ALSO LEFT
MESSAGES FOR GARY
LARSEN THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT WE
DID NOT HEAR BACK.
THE NAMPA SCHOOL
BOARD SAYS IT WILL
SOON PUT TOGETHER
A COMMITTEE OF
COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO HELP
SEARCH FOR AN
INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT