We received this open letter from a school board member. Thank you for speaking up, Lori Blake! An open letter to our governor, Like you, I am a lifelong resident of Kansas, an elected leader, and a devoted spouse and parent. My career and various responsibilities fill each day but, like you, I balance all of these responsibilities with my most important job of growing a family rooted in God’s love. As I awaken each morning and read my devotional and then the daily news, I look for hope. I write this point to you, Governor, because I...
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Parents and teachers can share information about cuts on Facebook page
We recommend this Facebook page for sharing information on how cuts are affecting your district. We think this could be an extremely effective way to combat the rhetoric that we are just facing a “decrease in an increase” or that districts aren’t actually facing funding shortfalls. This “event” runs through May 1. https://www.facebook.com/events/415447441947618/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular...
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Leave a Comment Ousley explains problems with moving local elections
We hear a lot about legislator support of local control, but SB 171 passed out of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee despite being opposed by numerous school boards, municipalities and other local entities. Thank you to Rep. Ousley for explaining what’s wrong with SB 171. Because they are limited to the issues facing municipalities, or to the single issue of education, and as those who serve on the school boards are not paid, these elections have remained nonpartisan, which has kept at bay the rancor of party politics, and kept down campaign costs. Another advantage of keeping...
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Leave a Comment There is a debate about the existence of public schools
There are legislators in Kansas who share the view that we really shouldn’t even have public schools. You can sometimes catch them referring to them as “government” schools. The Fox host said, “There really shouldn’t be public schools, should there? I mean we should really go to a system where parents of every stripe have a choice, have a say in the kind of education their kids get because, when we have centralized, bureaucratic education doctrines and dogmas like this, that’s exactly what happens.” I don’t want to overstate this. I’m only vaguely aware of who Lisa “Kennedy”...
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