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Law enforcement officer urges support for early childhood programs

Early childhood programs are important. Our state is undervaluing them which will place greater burdens on our K-12 system and our law enforcement systems. We thank Sheriff Donald Ash for sharing this perspective. “There is no easy solution to reducing crime in our communities. As your leaders in law enforcement, we do all we can to enforce the law, catch the bad guys, prosecute them, and get them off the streets. That’s our job, and it’s our officers’ top responsibility. “But we also take seriously our responsibility to prevent crime and violence—to get ahead of the problems and...
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Nominate a person or business for 2015 Friends of Education Recognition Program

Deadline extended for the 2015 Friends of Education Recognition Program. There may be no greater time to recognize those business, community organizations and public sector partners who support public education. The Friends of Education program, sponsored by the Confidence in Public Education Task Force, was established to recognize volunteer efforts throughout the state in five major categories: school volunteer, community leader, community/civic organization, business/partner activities and public sector institutions. The deadline to submit nominations has been extended through March 13, 2015. Submit your nomination(s) online at http://ksconfidencetaskforce.weebly.com/friends-of-education-nomination-form.html...
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SB 171 a bad idea despite Holmes’ statements

We oppose SB 171, which was passed by the Senate last week. The bill would move local elections, including school board elections, to the fall, with primaries in the spring. As we have posted in greater detail elsewhere on this page, although this bill is an improvement over the original bill which made elections partisan, there are still multiple issues with it, including the fact that primaries will be held in August when much of the school age population is on vacation. We also disagree with Sen. Holmes saying that opposition to this bill is just by organizations....
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