Monthly Archives: February 2013

A few years ago, SMSD faced over $25 million in budget cuts. At the same time, the number of SMSD students living in poverty almost tripled between 2000 and 2010. Over 1/3 of SMSD students now qualify for free and reduced lunches, the district has over 300 homeless students, and...

Please read this report from the Kansas Association of School Boards.  Also note the omnipresence of the Kansas Policy Institute with its misleading school funding information. http://tallmankasb.blogspot.com/2013/02/taxes-school-finance-and-kasb-testimony.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TallmanEducationReport+%28Tallman+Education+Report%29  ...

In all the debates raging right now about separation of powers, legislative authority and efficiency, it’s important to remember what the fuss is all about. In the last several years in response to legislative budget cuts SMSD has 400 fewer teachers than in 2009, closed 6 schools since 2007, no...

Given the returns, the question isn’t whether we can afford to invest in opportunities for kids but how we can possibly afford not to.  Nicholas D. Kristoff, Meet the Champs, NYT 1/20/2013...