One of the women who walked all 3 days of the Kansas City/Merriam leg of this year’s walk to Topeka has written a poem reflecting on her experience and gave us permission to share it. Becky Schmidt Plate I have been pondering my experience since the Game On for Kansas Schools walk this year. I have been working on a new poem since and finished writing it this morning. Here it goes: Souls upon Soles Walking across Kansas dry straw stands in last year’s fields like so much blonde hair standing on end like a chill up her...
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Noble: parents need to get in the game
We agree! “It is time to get in the game for your public schools. Without your advocacy, we will face further cuts and program reductions. “Quality schools are the cornerstone of a quality community and for many years our schools and community exemplified that relationship. Contact your legislators. Tell them your story of cuts you’ve noticed as a parent or grandparent of a student in our schools. We need your help.” Read more here: https://www.hillsborofreepress.com/opinion/editorials/we-need-your-help...
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Leave a Comment March tax revenue $8.5 million below estimate
“The state of Kansas fell $8.5 million short of the March tax revenue projection in wake of a shortfall of more than $50 million in February that compelled Gov. Sam Brownback to impose an emergency 3 percent cut to public universities, officials said Friday… “The Brownback administration’s revenue report for March included an alternative approach to counting revenue, but that tally was still $2 million short of the projection. If revenue from an insurance fee is included in the annual total, the state would be $81 million short of the fiscal year target… “The state government might have...
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Leave a Comment April Fool’s prank has serious undertone
“Wichita school district representatives say ‘flat funding’ for the district is actually a funding cut since the district’s costs will increase next year, in estimates as high as $30 million. “’Where are the priorities?’ asked Sen. O’Donnell. ‘Where the school district is, if they’re concerned about $15 to $17, to $30 million — all these figures they throw out — there’s things they [the school district] can do.’ “Meanwhile, Rogers says state legislators have the same responsibility, and suggests they step into a classroom. “’They’ve not gone to shadow a teacher, to understand the impact of what these...
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