Martinez Chosen as GCCC Representative on FCEDC Board
Finney County Economic Development Corp selects Steve Martinez, a Garden City Community College trustee, to fill the board seat left by the late Ron Schwartz. Martinez will serve the remainder of Schwartz’s term, then a full three year term through December 2019. The board also discussed Building Bridges, a KSDE initiative linking students with employers, and voted to relocate offices to 114 W. Pine Street after a three year lease.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Steve Martinez
Garden City Community College
Martinez
Ron Schwartz
Schwartz
GCCC
FCEDC
Tor Walker
Lena du
Vall
Finney County
Garden City
Holcomb
Nicole Lucas
Kansas Department of Education
Lucas
KSDE
Kansas
Douglas Crotty III
W. Pine St
E. Fulton Terrace
Ray Purdy
Teachers approve district negotiated agreement in landslide
After counting votes on Wednesday night Garden City USD 457 teachers and certified staff overwhelmingly backed the 2016 17 negotiated pact by 265 to 25 The deal includes tiered one time bonuses ranging from 500 to 2000 for five or more years of service and would cost about 400 000 The board of education must ratify at its Sept 12 meeting prior to effect The district maintains its current salary schedule with no base pay raise
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Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
Garden City Educators Association
USD 457
Garden City High School
KJ Knoll
USD 374 adopts SafeDefend emergency system district wide
Sublette USD 374 boosts school safety with SafeDefend emergency response system. Superintendent Rex Bruce cites peace of mind as staff receive training to respond to active shooter incidents and coordinate with local responders. Doug Parisi leads a staff presentation on preparing, notifying, and protecting students and employees.
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Sublette
USD 374
Rex Bruce
Bruce
Doug Parisi
SafeDefend
Parisi
Monty Marlin
Olivia Noah
Weather Today and Friday Forecast
Today mostly cloudy with a high of 76 and a low of 60. Friday brings more clouds and a chance of thunderstorms with a high near 80 and a low around 59.
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