Board weighs crowded schools and ninth grade center options
The board weighs three options to ease overcrowding. Renovating Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center for ninth graders costs about 15 million and adds classrooms, music rooms, a gym, and locker space concerns. Building a new west side intermediate center would cost about 7 million plus land, with a competition gym. A Sitts redesign would relocate athletic facilities and raise parking needs, while locker organization and remote location issues draw concern.
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Sitts
Abe Hubert
Bernadine Sitts
Michael Gibson
Gibson
Kenneth Henderson
Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
John Scheppner
Ninth Grade Academy Transition in High Schools
Education experts discuss the impact of ninth grade centers and academy moves on students. Advocates cite resilience with strong parental and teacher support while noting adjustment challenges and the need for consistent handbooks. The Manhattan-Ogden model moved ninth graders to East Campus to ease overcrowding and improve outcomes, with mixed opinions on social maturity and athletics access.
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Lowe
Neil Salkind
Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
Manhattan-Ogden
Manhattan
Manhattan High East
Theresa Miller
Manhattan High School
Miller
East
Amtrak to issue long distance service notice March 29
Amtrak plans to issue a 180 day notice on March 29 announcing possible cuts to the long distance network, while defenders urge federal funding. Advocates call for a dedicated rail fund as lawmakers express mixed support for or opposition to expanding federal aid. Meantime, a court denied unions’ bid to block the forthcoming Amtrak Reform Council report.
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Lington
Congress
Amtrak
Ross Capon
National Association of Railroad Passengers
Warrington
Amtrak Reform Council
U.S. District Court
Wxen
Transportation Department
Kenneth Mead
Amtrak service at Garden City in jeopardy hits local economy
Garden City residents and officials warn loss of the Southwest Chief would hurt the economy and tourism. Amtrak ridership in Garden City hovered around 5,400 yearly, while lawmakers weigh Congress funding and route cuts. Local leaders stress the depot renovation and broader transportation subsidies hinge on keeping long distance trains.
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Dyer
Amtrak
Chicago
Los Angeles
Garden City
Kevin Johnson
Southwest Chief
Kansas City
Lawrence
Topeka
Newton
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Jerry Moran
Rhays
Jeff Whitham
Congress
Whitham
Take The Test Day highlights state assessments in Garden City
Community members and officials will spend noon Monday at Kenneth Henderson Middle School taking a sample Kansas state assessment. The event, part of a statewide effort, aims to show the difficulty of the tests and how they measure student achievement. state legislators and Board of Education members join at the State Capitol. Students in Garden City schools will take reading writing and math tests from Feb 25 to March 7 for grades 4 through 11.
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Garden City
Kenneth Henderson Middle School
Fleming St
Kansas State Board of Education
State Board of Education
State Capitol
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Capitol Hill
Charles Schumer
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Tom Carper
D-Del
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House Transportation and Infrastructure
Kansas
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