Definition change sinks graduation rates at Garden City High
Garden City High School reports a 2010 graduation rate drop due to a new, retroactive definition announced in April. USD 457 assistant superintendent Darren Dennis notes larger districts face greater definitional and bureaucratic hurdles at state and federal levels, with the national decline tied to the rate definition rather than student factors.
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Darren Dennis
USD 457
Garden City
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New Patient Tower Opens at St Catherine Hospital
Officials unveil a $9.5 million two floor addition at St. Catherine Hospital adding 64 new patient rooms for medical and surgical care. About 150 employees and community members attended a blessing ceremony in the hospital lobby at 401 E. Spruce St. CEO Scott Taylor praised donors and noted the project will extend the facility’s capacity for decades while highlighting the hospital’s ministry to Garden City and southwest Kansas.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Scott Taylor
St. Catherine
E. Spruce St
Taylor
Garden City
Kansas
USD 457 Board weighs filling vacancy in Scheppner seat
USD 457 Board of Education meets Monday to decide how to fill the former vice president John Scheppner’s vacancy with the new seven member board seated July 1. Options include current or new board appointing the replacement, with Lara Bors among alternatives if the fifth place finisher is chosen. A 7:30 a.m. June 30 adjournment marks the last day in office for Crist, Dunford, Reichmuth and Utz.
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USD 457 Board of Education
John Scheppner
Scheppner
Fleming St
Jeff Crist
Gail Dunford
Bruce Reichmuth
Mike Utz
Gloria Hopkins
Scheepner
Jean Clifford
USD 457
Mark Rude
Thomas Blackburn
Tim Cruz
Alex Wallace
Crist
Dunford
Reichmuth
Utz
Harvest Begins As Wheat Cautiously Reaches Southwest Kansas
Wheat producers in Grant, Stevens, Haskell, Scott and Stevens counties report early cutting amid a dry winter and spring. Warrant Devore of United Prairie Ag says test weights range 53 to 63 pounds per bushel with mixed quality due to hail, as irrigated and dryland crops are harvested. He expects a fast harvest but a smaller volume, noting decent moisture and potential price increases if quality holds. Harvest continues under extreme heat with forecasts of 105-degree days.
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Haskell
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Stevens
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Warrant Devore
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Hugoton
Lakin
Lydia
Tanahaania
Devore
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