Parents raise concerns over USD 457 start time change
At a Monday board meeting USD 457 discussed standardized start times for 2017 18. Dr Timothy Hanigan questioned the decision making and cited anecdotes as the basis for the change while detailing impacts on families, transportation and after school care. The district set 8 30 a m starts for elementary and intermediate schools with 7 a m breakfast for secondary schools and adjusted times for Garfield Early Childhood Center Plymell Jennie Barker and Victor Ornelas.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Timothy Hanigan
Hanigan
Transportation
Charles Stllian
Garfield Early Childhood Center
Kenneth Henderson
Horace Good
Garden City High School
Alternative Center
Plymell
Jennie Barker
Victor Ornel
Daugh
Ters
GCHS
Steve Karlin
Sullian
USD 457 Board of Education
Parents protest new school start end times
Parents raise concern over the new school start and end times after hearing about events running past 1am and requiring 5 to 6 hours before returning to school. Hanigan notes these are anecdotes, urging decisions rely on broader data. See Times, Page A6.
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Hanigan
Finney County approves incentives for two developments
Finney County Commission approved a 20 percent 10 year tax abatement for Hi Plains Feed LLC tied to a $3 million capital plan and up to 350000 in aid for Mies and Sons trucking for a bridge project connecting their HQ to a DFA milk plant. The measures aim to create jobs and reduce dairy transport costs.
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Finney County
Finney County Commission
Hi-Plains Feed, LLC
N. Sherlock Road
Garden City Community College
Mies & Sons Trucking
Dairy Farmers of America
Mies & Sons
DFA
Lona DuVall
Finney County Economic Development Corporation
Wichita
DuVall
Grant County
Factions clash over Kansas pet reform bill in Topeka
Kansas lawmakers debate a pet industry reform bill as Gov. Brownback administration seeks higher fees for animal breeders and shelters. Rep. Hoffman fails to mirror Senate Bill 47, while his House committee backs the Senate plan and resists increasing foster home fees from $10 to $40. The dispute covers 2300 shelters rescues and 330 breeders.
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Topeka
Kyle Hoffman
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Hoffman
Coldwater
Department of Agriculture
House
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