Cherry Creek Schools Spent $114K On Outside Counsel During Superintendent Scandal
By: Nicole C. Brambila | The Denver Gazette
The Cherry Creek School District paid $114,000 to hire outside counsel to provide the Board of Education with legal advice as it navigated the allegations that were swirling around the former superintendent.
Fisher Phillips invoices obtained through a Colorado Open Records Act request show the district paid $114,191.50 from March through June.
Roughly a third of the cost — or $40,000 — was paid to Steve Welchert.
Welchert is a Democratic political consultant who specializes in strategic planning, political lobbying and crisis management.
Following the Jan. 27 executive session to discuss former Superintendent Chris Smith’s mid-year evaluation in which he abruptly resigned, the board hired Jane Waterman-Joyc...
