JuCo tenure under fire as lawmakers weigh changes
Kansas House Education Committee hears HB 2531 to end due process protections for community and technical college instructors. Proponents say tenured firings are long and costly while opponents warn the move eliminates a shield against retaliation and protects student rights. Garden City CC president Herbert Snender cites burdens of removing tenured staff.
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Villa ties and rope marks haunt Garden City tale
Historian Norman Clark recounts a 1910s Mexican revolution episode in which teenager Trisiro Aguilera was bound to a horse by Pancho Villa’s rebels. Aguilera survived the strangling act, later emigrated to Garden City, according to grandsons and local audience at the Finney County Museum. History continues on page A12.
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Drop in Kansas child homelessness reported in schools
Data from Kansas public schools show 9,715 homeless students identified in 2014-15, about 660 fewer than the prior year, with Wichita USD 259, Kansas City USD 600, Topeka USD 501 and Leavenworth USD 453 also reporting declines. Experts caution the problem isn’t resolved as families face rising needs, including food insecurity, and data gaps hinder a full picture. The Point in Time count, on a single January day, also indicates a drop from the prior year.
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