Dearest reader,
Lady B has reached Parchment School District's check registers.
And one particular receipt made the quill stop. 🪶
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🎤 Premiere Speakers Bureau — Troy Kemp: $12,000
Yes, dearest reader.
$12,000.
For a speaker.
That is taxpayer money.
Perhaps some readers will believe the presentation was worth every penny. Others may wonder what $12,000 could have paid for elsewhere in a school district.
Lady B does not make that decision for you.
But taxpayers absolutely deserve to know the price tag.
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A few other expenditures from the registers:
💻 Apptegy
$22,493.63
Two-year total, 2024–25 & 2025–26
⚖️ Thrun Law Firm
$30,807.10
Two-year total, 2024–25 & 2025–26
✈️ Identifiable conference/travel reimbursements
$3,076.04
2025–26
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A note on that last number: Lady B is calling it "identifiable" travel because the 2024–25 register does not provide the same transaction-level descriptions as the 2025–26 register. I am not going to pretend a number is comprehensive when the records do not allow me to verify that.
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But that $12,000 speaker payment?
That one is sitting right there in the ledger.
Public money deserves public scrutiny — whether the expenditure is $12, $1,200 or $12,000.
With receipts and respect,
Lady Budgetdown 🪶
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