Clarification

In an attempt to solve the issue of school/city costs for events, school board member Lenny Cathcart Jr. showed Plaintalker a printout Thursday (Dec. 20, 2007) that indicated only 10 out of 35 events in 2007 were charged to the city.

The events that resulted in charges were held on weekends, which caused the board to hire staff.

The issue arose after Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs commented at a City Council meeting that the Board of Education should share costs with the city.

--Bernice Paglia