That's when school officials began taking the steps to use the leftover construction money, and it's when they began spending other money on travel to and from California and workshops led by the consultant, Sue Miller Hurst. Yet it wasn't until this academic year began in August that the school district's finance staff was aware the promised materials were unfinished. Clanton said he was ready to cancel the order, in fact, until east area Superintendent Carolyn Baldwin intervened in August. Baldwin, who has championed Miller Hurst, said Friday that others including school board member Jim Nelson were aware from the start the materials were undeveloped while a model was being created for Polk. I don't know a more caring, sincere individual who provides support.
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She is following up. Betty Cox, deputy state education commissioner, expressed surprise at the costs. The allegations emerged in August, when a conservative parent action group researched the project. A 1981 copyrighted version of Miller Hurst's Wholemind Works kit is what's being used for now in three schools. Miller Hurst voiced dismay at the religious controversy.