Diplomas drive Success Center efforts at Scott City schools
Scott City students pursue diplomas through the Success Center and Learning Center programs, using computerized English courses and modular lessons to graduate with their class of 2008. The district previously posted a 1.1 dropout rate for grades seven through twelve, below the state average of 1.5, with roughly seven graduates annually from the Learning Center who finish requirements.
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Ruth
Decise
Success Center
Kathy Folsom
Kansas State Department of Education
Scott City Learning Center
Earl Stewart
Kentucky
Scott City
Learning Center
Stewart
Folsom
Tiffany Bourland
Nation divided as Americans split on gun control
A nationwide poll finds 11 percent favor loosening gun laws, 60 percent of women support tougher laws, minorities favor stricter rules at 55 percent versus 44 percent of whites. Democrats favor stricter gun laws at nearly 60 percent, Republicans far less. The issue has faded since Columbine, even with Democratic control and no evident drive for major firearm regulation.
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Charles Clements
St. Louis
Columbine High School
Colorado
Congress
U.S
Eight Wonders of Kansas voting closes December 31
Penner outlines sample ideas across architecture art commerce cuisine customs geography history and people for the Eight Wonders of Kansas project. Final winners announced on Kansas Day January 29, 2008 with sites including state capitol Topeka and Dwight Davis murals.
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Penner
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Kansas Day
Foundation
Kansas State Capitol
Topeka
Cathedral of the Plains
Victoria
St. Mary’s Church
St. Benedict
Seward County
Harper County
Anthony
John Steuart Curry
State Capitol
Davis Memorial
Hiawatha
Garden of Eden
Lucas
Grandma Layton
Wellsville
Columbian Theatre
Wamego
Commerce
West Mineral
Underground Salt Museum
Hutchinson
Aggieville
Manhattan
Eisler Bros
Lecompton
Brown v. Board of Educational
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Fort Scott
Santa Fe Trail Center
Pawnee County
Pawnee Indian Village
Republic County
Amelia Earhart
Atchison
Eisenhower Museum
Abilene
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Fort Leavenworth
Martin and Osa Johnson
Chanute
District negotiators discuss teacher absences and policy changes
Teachers may roll unused personal days into sick days and vice versa with limits. The district weighs cost of selling back days, while policy on lice treatment and new evaluation criteria are reviewed. Committees on professional dress will form per school level, with ratification pending. Negotiators meet Monday at the Educational Support Center.
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Michelle Ramirez
Roni Knight
Teachers’ Union
USC 457
Kathleen Whitley
Whitley
USD 457
Randy Grissell
Board of Education
Fleming St
Kansas teen seat belt law gains primary status
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a primary seat belt law for teens allowing officials to stop and ticket teenage drivers for not wearing seat belts with a $60 fine starting in 2008. Adults in the front seat face a fine increase from $10 to $30.
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Kathleen Sebelius
House
Ray Merrick
Stilwell
Senate Transportation Committee
Les Donovan
Wichita
House Transportation Committee
Virgil Peck
Tyro
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