It’s time for the Finish Line! Help us celebrate Kansas Kids and Kansas Schools as all the walkers come together for the final mile from Topkea High School to the Capitol. Hear from the walkers the reasons why they walked, the reasons we as a State support our Public Schools, and have an opportunity to meet with legislators and communicate your love for your community school! We’ll meet at 9:30 am across the street from Topeka High School, walk to the Capitol and head into the rotunda. Join us!...
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Game On 2016 Walk to include Emporia route
The Walk from Emporia is ON! This year walkers from Emporia will join organized walks from Kansas City and Manhattan to Topeka to show support for Kansas public schools. This page is for the Emporia walk. If you would like to join us for any or all of the walk, or if you can’t walk but can otherwise volunteer (drivers and runners are also needed), please sign up using this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Oqv0H3iU1sqF44QHGr950llK7vnz4kyOWTFqrQ92XZg/viewform?c=0&w=1. We will coordinate transportation and meals so it is really necessary that we know how many are participating in the walk portions. We will walk...
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Leave a Comment Game On 2016 Walk to include Manhattan route
This year, we will have three walks converging on Topeka: the original route from Merriam, and two new routes from Manhattan and Emporia. This page is for the Manhattan walk. If you would like to join us for any or all of the walk, or if you can’t walk but can otherwise volunteer (drivers are also needed), please sign up using this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Oqv0H3iU1sqF44QHGr950llK7vnz4kyOWTFqrQ92XZg/viewform?c=0&w=1. We will coordinate transportation and meals so it is really necessary that we know how many are participating in the walk portions. We will walk March 11th-March 13th, and we will be...
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Leave a Comment Action Alert on Supreme Court Justice Appointment Process
So, this week we’ve got a school bond bill, a tax credit scholarship expansion bill, a school district consolidation bill, a bill to make it easier to criminally prosecute teachers, and now a Constitutional Amendment to change how Supreme Court justices are selected, which will be heard in the House tomorrow. Contact your legislators and urge them to vote NO on HCR 5005. This is an assault on school funding and our independent judiciary. Our courts need to be independent from the other two legislative branches. Our government is established to have two branches that respond to political...
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