As we suggested there would be, there was discussion on Monday about amending the bill on moving local elections to the fall to also make them partisan. “The only person to speak in favor of the bill Monday was Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party. Barker advocated amending the bill to make municipal elections partisan. . . Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, said he did not object to moving the date of local races, but he worried that the bill will be amended later to make local races partisan. ‘School board races and city council races...
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What budget cuts mean at Truesdell Middle School in Wichita from Reroute the Roadmap
“Topeka, are you listening? Listen to what the educators are telling you. Respond to the empirical evidence and don’t assume that a few dollars saved here and there really don’t matter. They do. Which costs more? Reducing school budgets or paying for the lifetime of kids who do not make it academically?” http://www.rerouteroadmap.org/reality_at_truesdale_middle_school_more_students_less_money...
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It’s time to make your voices heard. The children of Kansas need you!
Over the last several years, we have been showing what is wrong with vouchers, corporate tax credit scholarships, expansion of charter schools, the continued underfunding of our schools and other bad education policy that is being foisted on Kansas by ALEC and others who do not fully support public education. Now we need you. The legislators in Topeka are there to represent us and our children, but they may not know what we want unless we tell them. They have been hearing from the vocal minority and the “free market” lobby. Now they need to hear from you....
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