“Schools need to speak up or lose more money. That’s the message from the state’s largest district today. Wichita’s chief financial officer is encouraging other districts to spend more time talking to lawmakers about what it takes to educate your children.” Read more here: http://m.kwch.com/news/speak-up-is-message-from-lead-kansas-educator/35992982...
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Olathe School Board responds to Rep. Schwab email
Please read this response to Rep. Schwab’s email (which we posted earlier today) from the Olathe School Board. We are sharing the following which was posted on the Amy Martin for Olathe School Board Facebook page. I have the honor of serving with some very fine people on the Olathe Board of Education. Superintendent Marlin Berry is an honorable person with more integrity in his pinkie finger than some, even in the face of a mean-spirited and disgraceful attack on his character. I was proud to add my name to this letter today: The Olathe USD233 Board of...
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Leave a Comment Johnson County Educators respond to email from Scott Schwab to Olathe teachers
We are sharing this post from our friends at Johnson County Educators. We also were forwarded Rep. Schwab’s email and find it yet another example of spin by some of our electeds who claim to support our schools, but whose actions clearly demonstrate they do not. We also note that Rep. Schwab does not send his children to Olathe public schools. Recipients of this email were not limited to subscribers to Rep. Schwab’s communications. From Johnson County Educators: “Several Olathe educators have forwarded the following spam email they received from Rep. Scott Schwab yesterday through their school district...
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Leave a Comment Questions arise over firm hired for Kansas efficiency study
There is a lot of negative information coming out about the firm hired to find “efficiencies” in Kansas government, including its schools, both in terms of the process by which it was hired and the work it has done in other states. “Alvarez & Marsal, which has an office in Kansas City, Mo., donated to both of Gov. Sam Brownback’s gubernatorial campaigns, putting $2,000 toward his 2010 campaign and $1,000 toward his 2014 re-election campaign. None of the other firms made donations to Brownback… “’There was no time for due diligence. We didn’t do any sort of outside...
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