The Legislature’s own research department said that in the current fiscal year, schools are being shorted $173 million from covering the 92% of statewide excess costs as the law calls for. SPED services are mandatory, and the federal government and Kansas legislature need to fund it. Underfunding SPED hurts all...
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School board changes can destroy students’ educational opportunities
“Here’s a well-written description of what happens when your school board is taken over by extremists. We’ve heard similar stories from other Kansas districts. If you’re in Gardner Edgerton we recommend Aleksandra Nokes, Emma Jones, Heath Freeman and Katie Williams to restore normalcy to your school board, and if you’re...
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Hey parents, your reasonable school board members, your superintendents, and your teachers need your support. “Like other school boards, Gardner Edgerton has weathered mask mandate protests, legal threats, and hateful comments from the public during the pandemic. ‘We’ve been called names. We’ve been threatened. And it’s sad that it came...
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