I live in Kentucky and used to work for a small college as a teacher.
In the middle of the night, the school was shut down by the Dept. of Education for all sorts of fun violations having to do with the way the administration was handling (or not handling) their fiscal responsibilities.
I lost my job in that instant, and the school filed for Chapter 11.
I was told by the administration that I was owed the remainder of my one year contract (which would be roughly 3-4 months of pay).
Shortly after they filed for Chapter 11, I started receiving letters from the United States Bankruptcy Court naming me as a possible creditor owed money by the school.
Today, I received a letter telling me that I need to file a claim no later than January 15th.
So here are my questions:
-I thought with Chapter 11, creditors didn't have to file claims, but maybe I'm wrong.
-I am unable to contact anyone from the school, and the copy of my contract is in my school e-mail, which has been disabled. Obviously, there's a physical copy in the administrative offices on campus, but no one is working there and I'm unable to get into the building. If I need to file a claim for the amount I'm owed, how the heck am I supposed to find out what that amount is?
-Is there someone I can call to find out if I'm already on the list of creditors owed money?
This is very frustrating to me because I have no legal representation and no one is giving me any information other than the legal-ese letters I keep receiving. I certainly want to be paid the remainder of my contract, and I'm feeling panicky that I'm going to screw something up. Has anyone else been through something similar?
Any advice would be appreciated.
In the middle of the night, the school was shut down by the Dept. of Education for all sorts of fun violations having to do with the way the administration was handling (or not handling) their fiscal responsibilities.
I lost my job in that instant, and the school filed for Chapter 11.
I was told by the administration that I was owed the remainder of my one year contract (which would be roughly 3-4 months of pay).
Shortly after they filed for Chapter 11, I started receiving letters from the United States Bankruptcy Court naming me as a possible creditor owed money by the school.
Today, I received a letter telling me that I need to file a claim no later than January 15th.
So here are my questions:
-I thought with Chapter 11, creditors didn't have to file claims, but maybe I'm wrong.
-I am unable to contact anyone from the school, and the copy of my contract is in my school e-mail, which has been disabled. Obviously, there's a physical copy in the administrative offices on campus, but no one is working there and I'm unable to get into the building. If I need to file a claim for the amount I'm owed, how the heck am I supposed to find out what that amount is?
-Is there someone I can call to find out if I'm already on the list of creditors owed money?
This is very frustrating to me because I have no legal representation and no one is giving me any information other than the legal-ese letters I keep receiving. I certainly want to be paid the remainder of my contract, and I'm feeling panicky that I'm going to screw something up. Has anyone else been through something similar?
Any advice would be appreciated.