Garden City Schools enrollments set for Thursday
Garden City Public Schools will enroll ELF four year olds and students in kindergarten through sixth grade for the 2014 15 year from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. Children must be 5 by Aug. 31 for kindergarten and 4 by Aug. 31 for ELF with at risk criteria. bring birth certificate immunization record and Social Security card. Enrollment fees range from 21 to 32 dollars. Garfield Early Childhood Center and kindergarten will be closed Thursday for enrollment processing.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Resurfacing project starts Thursday on US 160 route
The Kansas Department of Transportation plans a resurfacing project on US 160 in Grant and Haskell counties from Ulysses to the US 160 US 83 and K-144 junction. J R Sand Co Inc of Liberal will patch in Haskell County Wednesday then mill and overlay in Grant County Friday. One lane through the work zone with a pilot car. delays up to 15 minutes. The $3.5 million T WORKS preservation project should finish by end of July, weather permitting.
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U.S. 160
Grant
Haskell
Ulysses
U.S. 83
J & R Sand Co., Inc
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Haskell County
Grant County
Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Opens May 7 in Bird City
NetWork Kansas hosts the first annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge on May 7 at the American Legion in Bird City. Students in grades seven to 12 from northwest Kansas compete for 5000 in prize money with 2500 for first, 1250 for second, and 750 for third. RSVP by April 30 to attend via email and sponsors are sought.
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Bird City
Kansas
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Sherman
Wichita
Networkkansas
Anne Dewvall
Adewvall
Networkkansas.com
Youtheshipchallenge.com
Kansas DOT safety tips for dust storm driving
Dust gusts and dust storms in Kansas create low visibility and crash risk. KDOT recommends staying off through storms when possible, turning on headlights, pulling off completely away from traffic, parking with lights off, engaging emergency brake, staying buckled inside, and waiting out the storm. High profile vehicles should reduce speed. driver alertness remains key to preventing crashes.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Parents rebuke principal over cell phone driving incident
In late February three Dighton High students witnessed Principal Mark Penka using a cell phone while driving them to physics class in Scott City. He says he was explaining with students, handed them the phone to show an upcoming event, and only paused briefly. Superintendent Bill Morgan confirms corrective actions and ongoing discussions with parents and the school board. Kansas law bans handheld and texting for novice drivers, defining learners and intermediate license holders.
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Scott City
USD 482
Penka
Bill Morgan
Board of Education
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Kansas
Kansas faces growing minority teaching gap and poverty impact
Kansas education leader Diane DeBacker told Salina Noon Rotary that minority students now outpace minority teachers, with 18 percent Hispanic and 7 percent black students but only 2 percent Hispanic and 1 percent black teachers. She warned of rising poverty, language diversity at 10 percent, and calls for local control amid tenure changes and Common Core debate.
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Diane DeBacker
Salina
DeBacker
Tom Arpke
Arpke
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