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Please read this report from the Kansas Association of School Boards.  Also note the omnipresence of the Kansas Policy Institute with its misleading school funding information. http://tallmankasb.blogspot.com/2013/02/taxes-school-finance-and-kasb-testimony.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TallmanEducationReport+%28Tallman+Education+Report%29  ...

In all the debates raging right now about separation of powers, legislative authority and efficiency, it’s important to remember what the fuss is all about. In the last several years in response to legislative budget cuts SMSD has 400 fewer teachers than in 2009, closed 6 schools since 2007, no budget for library book purchases, raised the class size cap, closed an enhanced learning center and reduced EL staff, slashed supply budgets, instituted an activities fee at the high school, increased fees for bus service and for full-day kindergarten, reduced administrative staff, reduced janitorial staffing and reduced classroom...

Given the returns, the question isn’t whether we can afford to invest in opportunities for kids but how we can possibly afford not to.  Nicholas D. Kristoff, Meet the Champs, NYT 1/20/2013...

Welcome to the Game On for Kansas Schools website!  We’ve been on Facebook for a while, but we know there are many people who care about Kansas public schools but who aren’t on Facebook.  Our site is still under construction, so please check back with us regularly.  It’s time for Kansas parents and other friends of public education to “get in the game”!...