From Kansas PTA: Kansas PTA supplied testimony in opposition to SB171 which would make school board elections partisan. Opponents got less than 20 minutes to testify while those in favor of the bill got nearly an hour to testify. Legislators should be willing to hear both sides of the issue...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
USD 470 faces cuts
Here’s the perspective in Ark City. “The newest cuts have left USD 470 approximately $174,000 shy of its previous budget numbers for the 2014-15 school year, school board members learned at their regular meeting. “While the school district has $180,000 in contingency funds, district Superintendent Ron Ballard said he is...
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No comments Game On reaches 5000 Facebook likes
On February 11, 2015, Game On reached 5,000 likes on Facebook. Join us there and bring your friends!...
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No comments Garden City and Holcomb experience cuts
Garden City and Holcomb are feeling the cuts, too. ” “Garden City USD 457 Superintendent Rick Atha said that it isn’t just the loss of revenue that is potentially harmful to the district, but the timing of that loss. “’The additional (cuts) being imposed by Governor Brownback of 1.5 percent...
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