Residents worry traffic with new Garden City High School
Residents urge safer drop offs as drivers may use residential streets near the planned Garden City High School. The board will review traffic options and a formal report is due at the Jan 11 meeting. The bond project includes converting Garfield Elementary to an early learning center and renaming buildings as part of a district facilities upgrade.
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Pioneer Road
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Rick Atha
USD 457
Atha
Garfield
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GCHS
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Outlook Academy
J.D. Adams
Willis Pracht
Garden City High School
Garfield Elementary
Garfield Early Learning Center
N. Main St
Horace Good
Clifford R. Hope Sr
Abe
District joins Schools for Fair Funding group
The board approved joining Schools for Fair Funding for one year at five dollars per full time student, about thirty four thousand six hundred seventy two dollars, amid debate on voting power and use of funds. Some members questioned the philosophical stance on using tax dollars to join. State Rep Jeff Whitham urged dialogue with legislators as the district faces budget strains from reduced state aid.
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Scheppner
Dunford
Reichmuth
Hopkins
Crist
Atha
Jeff Whitham
Garden City
Whitham
Kathleen Whitley
USD 457
Public plan debate narrows to government option compromise
Lawmakers inch toward a 10-year health reform bill with a government run option and nonprofit OPMed plans. Senator Reid’s moderates and liberals draft a framework while Republicans and industry voices express skepticism. A federal employee plan would appear in state exchanges with subsidies and nonprofit requirements.
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Alaska
Begich
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D-Nev
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Reid
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Iowa
Harkin
Senate Finance Committee
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Richard Kirsch
Health Care For America Now
Robert Laszewski
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
House
Ing
Federal Personnel Office
Blue Cross
Kaiser
Obama outlines new plan to aid small business and energy rebates
Officials say Obama will unveil a plan using TARP funds for deficit reduction, small business tax accounting tweaks, loan guarantees, and accelerate Recovery Act spending on infrastructure. Aimed to create jobs, the approach faces Republican criticism as a backdoor stimulus.
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