We still oppose having primaries for school board elections in August when many families are on vacation and having school board members take office in the middle of the school year. We are concerned that moving them to November of even years and leaving them nonpartisan will be a step...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
Proposals to change judicial selection moving forward
Heads up, Kansas. The push to consolidate power, make our courts prey to the same money and political pressures impacting the other two branches of our government and eliminate the ability of our courts to protect our public schools has advanced another step. “Kansans would either elect state Supreme Court...
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No comments Duane Goossen explains reality of cuts to KS classrooms
Duane Goossen explains the reality of cuts to Kansas classrooms. “Make no mistake, the governor has proposed to cut the state’s investment in education as a way to balance the state budget, not because it helps schools. None of these classroom cuts would be necessary if state income tax revenue...
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No comments VC Super Gibson explains cash reserves
“There has been a lot of talk out there about cash balances that schools are sitting on. What isn’t talked about is that during the last two months of the fiscal year (May and June) districts receive around 25% of the entire budget from the state (when the school year...
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