P1 lawyers to depose Paul Barr, Debbie Fort, Kimbrough,

Attorneys for the P1 Group will depose Joplin R-8 CFO Paul Barr, Board of Education member Debbie Fort and former board member Jim Kimbrough August 29, according to a notice filed today in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

P1 Group claims that the district owes it more than $6 million for costs connected to former Superintendent C. J. Huff's unsuccessful efforts to open Joplin High School on time in August 2014.

The district filed the lawsuit against P1 after learning that it was about to be sued. P1 has filed a countersuit.

The notice says Kimbrough will be deposed at 12:30 p.m., Barr at 2 p.m. Fort at 3:30 p.m. and Brenda Schmidt, who works for Barr, at 5 p.m.