Tutoring aids Dighton district transition to new grades
Dighton USD 482 uses after-school tutoring at elementary and junior high to improve AYP progress. Paraprofessional Linda Prather notes the move from room to room is a big change for students. The program, started in 2002, runs four days weekly after school, funded by at risk money, and offers snacks.
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Dighton Usd 482
Linda Prather
Angela Lawrence
O'Brien
Dighton Elementary
Jill Koehn
O’brien
Dighton
Lawrence
Jenny Parker
Koehn
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
Kansas
USD 482
Energy grid study launches transmission line expansion
The Kansas authority formed after grid problems will study multiple routes to expand power infrastructure. ITC Great Plains of Topeka seeks public utility status with the Kansas Corporation Commission, aiming to partner with governments to build lines. Carl Holmes chairs the panel and Carl Huslig leads ITC Great Plains as president.
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Carl Holmes
Liberal
Kansas
ITC Great Plains of
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Carl Huslig
Farm field trip teaches kids where food comes from
Field trip to a farm eight years ago sparked a shift toward agriculture education as numbers of farmers decline. Carol Deaver notes that most see food production as a grocery store issue, while Clawson demonstrates cow by products and full use of a cow. Students visit stations on tractors, crops, dairy cattle, and embryology, learning how food and materials originate.
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Carol Deaver
Association
Deaver
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Clawson
Elaine Lott
Edith Scheuerman
Tom Wright
David Blakey
Lott
St. Dominic
Claire Schmidt
Claire
Megan Sloan
Shreya Kaul
Farm Bureau Association
Kansas Republicans face bitter fight for new party leader
The Kansas GOP seeks a new chairman amid a rift among conservatives moderates and the party’s factions. Tim Huelskamp Mike Pompeo and Kris Kobach vie, with conservatives holding the ropes. Voter registration favors Republicans by 761000 with 46 percent of the total, while Democrats stand at 27 percent. Leaders note historical tensions dating to the Dole era and Attorney General contests.
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Tim Huelskamp
Fowler
Mike Pompeo
Wichita
Kris Kobach
Kansas City, Kan
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Pompeo
Republican Party
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Independence
GOP
Kansas
Sunflower State
Theodore Roosevelt
Paul Weyrich
Dole
Dennis Jones
Lakin
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