Language barrier in U S Latino students schools
An Associated Press Univision poll shows language and cultural obstacles for Latinos in K 12 amid English immersion. It finds 78 percent of Hispanic children in English instruction, only 3 percent in Spanish, and many Spanish dominant parents struggle to communicate with schools, impacting homework help and college prospects.
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Emmons set to start at GCCC
Joseph Emmons of Lawrence will become interim president of Garden City Community College early next week. His start aims to stabilize campus operations during the annual budget hearing and upcoming fall semester. The 6:30 p.m. budget hearing occurs Wednesday in the Hall of Fame Room at the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. Faculty return August 12 to rejoin Lee Emmons.
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Phase two kicks off for 1st Congressional District race
After the primary, Democratic candidate Alan Jilka boasted of a landslide in a Salina ballot race as he campaigned through Salina Hays and Hutchinson, ending with a Salina parade. Republican Tim Huelskamp won the GOP primary with 35 percent and joined events in Hutchinson and other towns.
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Eastbound US 50 Lanes Set for Opening in Kansas Project
Kansas Department of Transportation officials say traffic will shift to newly paved eastbound lanes on US 50 starting Wednesday as part of a $48 million four lane project from Third Street in Garden City to the Tyson Fresh Meats Plant NW of Holcomb. The phase allows work on westbound lanes. completion is targeted for July 2011. Temporary ramps and a four way stop will guide drivers while Little Lowe Sherlock IBP roads and Eighth Street north of the highway are closed. Ross Construction Co. of Topeka leads the project, aimed at safer intersections and smoother travel.
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