Local flu vaccination push urged as outbreak looms
Dr. Robert Moser notes flu cases peak in February and may persist into spring. Garden City USD 457 reports about 3 percent of students ill before Christmas, with flu-like symptoms less common after break. Health officials urge vaccination, outline who should not receive it, and list local access points including Dillons Walgreens Walmart and area clinics.
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Flu season widens nationwide with vaccines easing impact
The flu spreads broadly across the country while vaccination coverage shows about 62 percent effectiveness for the season. CDC notes a good vaccine-virus match as flu-like illnesses rise from New Jersey to Manhattan, with warnings on stomach flu and other respiratory infections.
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Kansas Legislature faces school funding questions
Incoming lawmakers in Kansas confront disputed school finance. Governor Brownback and Republicans push broad goals like improving fourth grade reading and funding structure while Democrats urge restoration of recession cuts. A pending lawsuit and tax-cut politics cloud plans for per pupil aid and local levies amid calls for transparency and new accounting.
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House
Courts orders Kansas to boost school funding to meet cost estimates
Kansas must raise K 12 funding to about 4. five billion, with a gap of around 440 million next year to hit a 2008 Montoy standard. The ruling bases funding on what it costs to educate students, not available resources, amid a 267 million deficit from tax cuts.
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