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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Stand Up Blue Valley’s Patty Logan Responds to KC Star’s Guest Commentary
Yes, thank you, Patty Logan of Stand Up Blue Valley. We also really wish the Kansas City Star had higher standards for printing commentary like this. It wasn’t even just a letter to the editor, but guest commentary (which isn’t subject to the word count limit of letters to the...
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No comments KC Star Editorial re: Constitutional Amendment
We agree with The Kansas City Star Editorial Board. Kansas should say no to a constitutional amendment on school funding. “Thank goodness they have. If not for the courts, the schools would be even deeper in the hole these days as Gov. Sam Brownback and lawmakers opted to cut taxes...
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No comments Understanding the Difference…School District’s Capital Expenditures and Operating Costs
Please help make sure your friends and neighbors understand the difference between bonds for capital expenditures and operating costs. “Those incredible buildings were financed by local taxpayers, a majority of whom voted to approve bonds for these facilities. Not one cent raised through those bonds can be spent on operating...
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