Every Kansan should take time and watch this recent Jefferson County, Colorado school board meeting. It didn’t take long for a November election to bring partisan politics to this district. The meeting’s result, the resignation of a nationally recognized Superintendent and a district in turmoil. http://kwgn.com/2014/02/08/video-jeffco-schools-superintendent-resigns-at-explosive-board-meeting/...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2014
Push to introduce partisanship to HB 2227 (moving school board and other local elections to November) reveals true motivation behind the bill
As we suggested there would be, there was discussion on Monday about amending the bill on moving local elections to the fall to also make them partisan. “The only person to speak in favor of the bill Monday was Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party. Barker advocated...
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No comments What budget cuts mean at Truesdell Middle School in Wichita from Reroute the Roadmap
“Topeka, are you listening? Listen to what the educators are telling you. Respond to the empirical evidence and don’t assume that a few dollars saved here and there really don’t matter. They do. Which costs more? Reducing school budgets or paying for the lifetime of kids who do not make it...
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