More than 150 members of the South Country school community have signed a letter calling on the state comptroller’s office to conduct an independent investigation into the district’s finances — a month after officials announced that the district's expenses exceeded the budgeted amount last year.

"Our school district is too important to fail," said Kerim Odekon, a district parent. "This cycle of recurrent fiscal crisis without any plan to address that in a way that not only preserves, but improves, our district's educational outcomes has not been on the table and we need New York State to step in."

The growing calls of concern came after officials announced in a letter to the community last month that the district had "incurred expenses over budget for the 2024-2025 school year," but coul

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