Dave Trabert and KPI are claiming they want to help Kansas public school families in various “let them play” and “let them learn” groups. They are NOT public school extracurricular advocates. They are taking advantage of groups with a lot of passion and trying to redirect that passion to KPI’s agenda. Between 2013 and 2016, Dave Trabert and KPI actively pushed for the defunding of extracurricular activities. For those unfamiliar with Dave Trabert and KPI, here are some examples of work they’ve done to eliminate the funding of sports and other extracurriculars in our schools. In 2013, Dave...
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Board of Ed Election Matters
How do we word this politely? OK, we can’t. JOHNSON COUNTIANS, DO NOT BLOW THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 2 ELECTION. Only one candidate in the race actually cares about public education, and that candidate is Melanie Haas. We have not had a reasonable representative on the State Board of Education in eight years, and we need to fix that now. This isn’t a Republican or Democrat thing. Republican David Krug was on our roster for the primary, and we were hoping voters would have two good choices for this seat, but now there is only one...
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Leave a Comment The 2020 Census Has Consequences for Schools
“Families that don’t respond to the census by the end of September won’t be counted – and schools will miss out on a decade of critical support. That’s almost a child’s entire school career.” Check out the KCUR article below. https://www.kcur.org/education/2020-08-26/kansas-city-schools-planned-to-make-a-census-push-but-then-the-pandemic-happened?utm_source=All%20KASB%20Contacts&utm_campaign=8f333e0b66-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_24_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f37074fe94-8f333e0b66-216177250&fbclid=IwAR1nTVSJykyxsWLUy6HiL3YOrSski7r0AVQFwtpTDN5xzsym4SaEcqKbZDg...
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Leave a Comment The Problem With Angry Voting
Moderate losses in the Kansas primaries could be due to a number of factors, including the movement of moderate Republicans out of the Republican Party. We remain concerned about the massive amounts of deceptive campaign postcards launched against incumbents who support public education. We are also concerned about the role of anger in local election outcomes. In 2016, it was our side that was angry. We had seen the lasting impact of devastating tax cuts and cuts to our schools and a legislature full of un-representative representatives who refused to rectify the situation. So we voted them out....
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