USD 457 Faces Over $2 Million State Aid Cut
USD 457 could lose more than 2 million dollars in state aid under Gov. Sam Brownback’s recession budget. Financial Officer Kathleen Whitley estimates 811,965 this year and 1,699,713 in 2011-12. Superintendent Rick Atha says the district may trim staff via attrition and revisit taxes, though he does not foresee immediate layoffs. The district’s current budget stands around 80 million, with contingency plans in place to sustain this year’s operations.
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Garden City
Sam Brownback
USD 457
Kathleen Whitley
Rick Atha
Atha
Whitley
Board of Education
JROTC Programs Lead Middle School Cadets Forward
U S Army Sgt Frank Garcia mentors Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle school cadets as 85 youths join the Junior ROTC program across the two schools Project PASS coordinators say the pilot is the only district in Kansas with this combined cadet effort The initiative started this year in five other U S locales including Gwinnett County Ga and Miami Dade County Fla.
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U.S. Army
Frank Garcia
Nefthi Martinez
Abe Hubert Middle School
Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
Beverly Clark-Hermocillo
Clark Hermocillo
Kansas Army National Guard
U.S. Marine
Clark-Hermocillo
Garcia
Garden City
Garden City Public Schools
CDE
Colorado
Corps
GCHS
Army National Guard
Kansas
U.S. Army National Association of School Boards
United States
Gwinnett County
Miami-Dade County
Fla
Christian County
Hardin County
Jackson County
Mass
Neftli Nartinez
Kiblinger Named Hutchinson Public Schools Superintendent
Shel Line Kiblinger, assistant superintendent for personnel in USD 457, was selected to lead Hutchinson Public Schools for the 2011 12 year. The appointment awaits formal confirmation by USD 308 Board at 7 p.m. Monday. contract terms and salary to be released then. Rick Atha, USD 457 superintendent, noted the transition.
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Shellaine
Shelly” Kiblinger
USD 457
Hutchinson Public Schools
Hutchinson Usd 308
USD 308 Board of Education
Rick Atha
USD
Shelly Kiblinger
USD 308
Hutchinson
Kiblinger
Sierra Club Appeals Block for Sunflower Coal Plant
The Sierra Club asks Kansas Court of Appeals to overturn the KDHE air quality permit for Sunflower Electric Power Corp.’s coal plant in southwest Kansas. Acting secretary Robert Moser Jr is named in the petition, with the group alleging flawed data and rushed permitting to secure a preemption of construction.
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Topeka
Sierra Club
State Court of Appeals
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
KDHE
Robert Moser Jr
Sam Brownback
Sunflower
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