Garden City weighs three high school crowding fixes
Garden City board of education considers three options to reduce GCHS overcrowding including converting Bernadine Sitts Center or Abe Hubert Middle School into ninth grade centers and building an intermediate or new middle school on the west side. A public forum Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Educational Support Center precedes a Feb. 18 board vote and November bond election.
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Be Heard On Three High School Overcrowding Options
USD 457 School Board invites public input on three proposals to ease overcrowding at the high school. Regular meeting starts 6:30 p.m., public forum at 7:30 p.m. Bernadine Sitts favors the cheapest option but lockers worry some. Abe Hubert flags space limits. A new ninth grade center is costliest but offers greatest flexibility.
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Garden City board mulls ninth grade transition plan
Garden City USD 457 weighs adding a ninth grade center as a new transition in its K through 12 system. Current layout moves K through fourth to an intermediate, then seventh and eighth at two middle schools before high school.
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Amtrak warns big routes may be axed without funds
Amtrak threatens to discontinue long distance overnight routes in October if Congress does not provide 1.2 billion for the next budget year. President George Warrington cites a 5.8 billion backlog in trains and facilities as justification for the funding push and notes planned 1,000 layoffs by summer.
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Amtrak threat to cut long-distance routes worries Garden City
Local officials warn a loss of Amtrak service could strike a blow to Garden City’s economy if funding fails. Garden City Chamber of Commerce director Steve Dyer notes the city’s access to Amtrak, airport, highways, and bus service attracts business and new residents, stressing transportation as a key issue.
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Garden City snow sculpture contest crowns prize castle
Garden City residents turned out for the annual snow sculpture contest hosted by the Recreation Commission on a belated snow day. Rosaura and Luis Prada with children Jose and Prisma Alcan tar won with a massive castle on their Front lawn at 907 Howerton after two days of work and packing six hours of snow, with other entries including a snow leopard and a backyard igloo.
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