“’Your big savings is consolidating buildings, and there is not a single building (in Harvey County) that can absorb everyone’s students at this time,’ Alstrom said. ‘… (With this proposal) Your savings will come in firing four superintendents. I am not sure the work can be done by the one that is left.’ “Miller challenged the idea of significant savings from a reduction in administrative staff statewide. “’I would like to see the data to support that statement,’ Miller said. “’It is making the assumption that you would not have to increase staff in the largest district in...
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Kansas poster child for ALEC agenda
Kansas’ leadership is doing a great job listening to ALEC. We wish they were listening more to Kansas parents, teachers and other concerned community members. “The poster child for the ALEC anti-tax, low-wage policy agenda is Koch Industries’ home state, Kansas, which has been plugged by Governor Sam Brownback as a real live experiment in supply side economics. But Brownback’s tax cuts have thrown the state into fiscal crisis, saddling the state with a projected budget deficit of $190 million for the next fiscal year, no reserves, slashed public services, and lagging job growth… “Sold to the press...
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Leave a Comment School spending not immoral
We’ve had the pleasure of meeting Supt. Patton and visiting the Pratt school district. Thank you for sharing your insight! “In light of everything we have done in our district and how hard teachers have worked to provide Pratt kids top-notch academics and outstanding enrichment programs, I find it disheartening for the Kansas governor to accuse us of being ‘inefficient and immoral.’ “Our job is to prepare the future workforce for this county and state. We all take our jobs very seriously and want to do the very best for Pratt kids. Superintendents across the state have told...
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Leave a Comment Bradford drafts bill to consolidate 154 districts
“Rep. John Bradford said his measure would decrease the number of local school districts to 132 from the current 286 and leave 99 of the state’s 105 counties with only one district each. Bradford presented his plan to the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, which agreed to sponsor it as a bill.” Read more here: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jan/20/kansas-would-have-fewer-school-districts-under-new/...
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