Shawnee Mission, Blue Valley, Olathe, Gardner-Edgerton, DeSoto and Lawrence have passed LOB issues. Here are comments from SMSD. Shawnee Mission School District Voters Pass LOB and Bond Election Proposals In the district’s first mail-in ballot election, Shawnee Mission voters have endorsed both the local option budget and bond proposal questions....
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Report outlines fraud, waste and abuse in charters
Please read this report to understand why Kansas should not expand its charter laws to match what other states have done. We don’t need these problems. “This report will bring into focus some of the consequences of having inadequate charter regulations. We focus on just one symptom – the growing...
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No comments What you can do
Many of you are wondering what you can do to help. Here are several items. 1. Continue talking to your friends, family and neighbors about the impact of school funding and policy on the children in your lives. Help them see the dangers of moving elections, and changing judicial selection...
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No comments Ohio audit finds head count discrepancies at charters
Here’s another example of scandals Kansas doesn’t have. “But [Ohio Auditor Dave] Yost says the rest of the findings raise serious questions. ‘I’m really kind of speechless at everything we found. It’s quite a morass.’ “Six schools had attendance discrepancies of 52 percent or worse, including one Youngstown school that...
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