Freshmen adapt as Buffaloes welcome new school year
Students begin orientation at a combined campus as freshmen like Stephanie Scott and Mick McMillan navigate two buildings and trailers. Teachers and upperclassmen offer guidance while LiEryn Pepera reports lines of questions. Principal Mireles reminds newcomers they all belong to one Buffaloes school.
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Chris McMillan
LiEryn Pepera
Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
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Kansas politics widen debate on English language law
Kansas figures including Barnett pressure immigration themes as English designation proposals circulate since 1986. The discussion cites education, jobs, and public safety while noting limited success elsewhere and concerns about immigrant integration and translation needs for non English speakers.
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Missouri
Mexico
James Crawford
Maryland
Nonprofit
Institute For Language and Education Policy
Kansas
Senate
Chamber
Iowa
Hawaii
Tim Schultz
U.S. English Inc
Sebelius
Nicole Corcoran
Corcoran
Barnett
Kansans
ACT score trends show mixed changes across area schools
State policy shifts, a moving target in norm referenced testing, and emphasis on the state assessment contribute to ACT score declines at GCHS while schools like Dighton High and Deerfield High report gains. At GCHS English and reading dip slightly, while math and science hold near prior levels. state proficiency rises 10 percent for sophomores.
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Crawford
U.S
Census Bureau
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Cambodia
Guatemala
Michael Williams
Newell
Mary Prose
Dighton High School
Prose
Deerfield High School
Dighton
GCHS
Judge rules surveillance program unconstitutional in ruling
In Detroit US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor halted the NSA warrantless wiretap program. The judge found the program violates free speech privacy and the separation of powers, granting a high profile victory to the ACLU representing journalists scholars and lawyers. The ruling cites undisclosed state secrets as the government’s justification but counters that enough information was public to decide.
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Detroit
Anna Diggs Taylor
National Security Agency
Taylor
The
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S
ACLU
Bush
All-Day Class Trials At Marlena Bramwell Kinder Prep
In a kinder prep room Izak Fierro joined five year olds on the rug as Marlena Bramwell and Almos greet students with a song. Teachers plan reading on sharing and noting Thursday August 17. Fourth graders meanwhile anticipate leadership in the school.
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Spiderman
Princesses
Marlena Bramwell
Izak Fierro
Bramwell
Almos
Alex Archuleta
Parker Found Not Guilty In Aggressive Incident Case
The court found Parker not guilty after Graybill testified Parker acted in self defense against Scott Young who allegedly attacked him. Graybill said Parker struck Young with an open palm. prosecutors argued Parker showed no remorse and faced a night on Oct. 10, 2005, while families reflected on the fatal confrontation.
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Graybill
Parker
Scott Young
Scott
Clark Young
Lee J. Davidson
Kansas
CBO projects decade deficit totals reach 1.76 trillion
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal deficit will drop to 260 billion this year and rise to 286 billion next year, with total deficits over the coming decade topping 1.76 trillion. Improvements are seen this year thanks to rising tax collections amid a strengthening economy, though longer term deficits remain large.
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Congressional Budget Office
CBO
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