Smart Start Southwest Kansas seeks interpreters for 0 to 5 services
The new Smart Start group covering 13 counties aims to improve early childhood services and create an interpreter registry. It will offer free training, interpreter exams, and a matching system to connect bilingual individuals or those with specialized language skills to families and agencies, with a public registry to follow. Community sessions across the region discussed language needs, especially Spanish and Low German, and the importance of proper, direct interpretation beyond word-for-word translation.
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Sylvia Lira
Garden City
Lira
Garden City Forum
Smart Start Southwest
Kansas Children’s Cabinet
Kansan Board Debates Evolution Standards Amid Attacks
Kansas State Board of Education discussion on science standards devolved into personal clashes as conservatives push a draft critiquing evolution while moderates press to keep evolution friendly. Debate featured name calling, accusations of fraud, and questions of qualifications amidst hearings on intelligent design critics.
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Topeka
State Board of Education
Kansas
Bill Wagnon
Sue Gamble
Shawnee
Steve Abrams
Posal
Arkansas City
Gamble
Abrams
Kathy Martin
Clay Center
Connie Morris
St. Francis
Morris
Suitability debate stirs Oklahoma school funding talks
Willard the board's legislative liaison calls for a clear definition of a suitable education and says state funds should cover required courses only. He rejects cost-outcome funding while others note essentials like band and sports may be local decisions. Kathy Martin backs full funding, arguing some districts waste money.
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High Court
Ing
Carol Rupe
Richita
Rupe
Kathy Martin
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Move Investigating new ground 2001 headline changes
Undersheriff John Andrews reflects on a long partnership with Tackett begun in 1983 as she moves to a new post. He notes her expertise in sex crimes forgery and worthless checks and that Greg Hands will succeed her. Tackett plans to visit Garden City while her daughters adjust.
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Tackett
Greg Hands
Garden City
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