Enrollment climbs at Garden City Community College
Garden City area enrollment rises with 1,738 students on first day, up 30 from last fall and 1,244.7 full time equivalents. Summer term enrollment also grew, with 1,010 students and a 276.2 FTE, about 4 percent higher than 2000. Registration runs long hours as offices stay open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Tuesday, with final counts after midSeptember.
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Nikki Geier
GCCC
Nancy Unruh
Kip Nichols
Garden City
Nichols
Buffi
Geier
Stevens Park
American Red Cross
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
Fiesta Committee
LULAC
Cultural Relations Board
West Green
Megan Frazier
Amy Carnahan
Megan Price
Zoo
City Managers Association
Garden City Administrative Center
N. Eighth St
Funding drug courts hampered by resources and will to change
Officials say progress exists but failures overwhelm efforts. Drug courts require more probation officers and judges, plus new facilities and funded education. Lacking grant money, mid level courts may not see expansion. Jail treatment is limited, and pre trial programs vary. Legislation must fund adequate treatment and support for probationers and addicts.
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Vieux
The
Kansas
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
John Wheeler
Wheeler
Thed
Abrams
Val DeFever
DeFever
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
School Finance Coalition
Tallman
Lawmakers study drug courts budget and options
Kansas lawmakers discuss funding for the existing court system and the potential of drug courts. House Judiciary Chair Mike O’Neal warns of insufficient funding and election-year constraints, while Shaun Weber supports exploration of humane, cost effective treatment and Barbara Tombs notes broader state moves toward treatment over incarceration.
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Kansas
House
Mike O'Neal
Hutchinson
Barbara Tombs
Kansas Sentencing Commission
Tombs
State Board backs pay bump for education officials
The State Board of Education endorses a pay increase plan amid a tough budget year. Bill Wagnon says gains are for the kids, not teachers, while critics call the proposal risky. Legislative support appears uncertain as lawmakers eye funding and a study on a suitable education cost.
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CASA
Whitham
Cruz
Perkins
Wharton
Mesa
BBBS
Sedgwick County
Kansas
State Board of Education
Bill Wagnon
Wagnon
Senate
Steve Abrams
John Bacon
Bacon
Peg Dunlap
Kansas National Education Association
Dunlap
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Tammy Herlan
Marietta Wilkens
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Randy Grisell
FCEDC
Carol Meyer
Bob Halloran
Pete Olson
Halloran
Wheatland Electric Co-op
Nebraska
Texas
Wheatland Electric
Houston
Kathie
Rob Houston
Sngraphics
Genet
Kansas Plaza
Qardan Cit
Sandy Keller
Financial Aid
Saffell Library
Garden City Community College
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