Garden City USD 457 Celebrates American Education Week
Garden City USD 457 marks American Education Week with a district wide schedule of events. Activities include Foundation Day mini grants recognition by the Garden City Public Schools Foundation Grant Squad, educator appreciation, healthy snack baskets, Education Support Professionals Day, Substitute Educators Day and a Crystal Apple Awards Banquet sponsored by the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Garden City
USD 457
Garden City Public Schools Foundation
Garden City Educators Association
USD 457 Board of Education
GCEA
Clarion Inn
Finney County
Garden City Area
GVRV Hosts Old Time Fiddle Evening Tuesday
A free 7 p.m. fiddle program features local musicians Joe Irsik and Carl Knaus at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. The public is welcome with no charge.
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Joe Irsik
Carl Knaus
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Kansas lawmakers face large budget gaps as new session looms
Kansas legislators confront a nearly 350 million shortfall for the current year and 582.6 million for the next, with Gov Brownback delaying a plan. Lawmakers warn of painful cuts, layoffs, and the need for long term fixes rather than tax rollback magic. Leaders urge bold decisions to close the gap.
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TNS
Kansas
Barbara Bollier
Mission Hills
State Senate
Sam Brownback
Jim Denning
Overland Park
Denning
Statehouse
House
Senate
Lenexa
Dinah Sykes
Brownback
Sykes
Laura Kelly
Topeka
Jene Vickrey
Vickrey
Louisburg
Ray Merrick
Jerry Stogsdill
Brett Parker
Johnson County
Stogsdill
Bollier
Parker
Olathe
Family effort in the fields opens pheasant season near Garden City
Photos by James M. Dobson show English Springer Spaniel Callie retrieving a pheasant Sunday as hunting opens. Pierce Holborn aims his shotgun on his first hunt northeast of Garden City, highlighting the start of pheasant season with a weekend opening.
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Garden City
Pierce Holborn
Holborn
Kansas Education Tests Show Mixed Results and Shifting Standards
KU expert Neal Kingston notes 2016 test results show more students in the highest and lowest brackets for math and English, but average scores barely moved from 2015. Adaptive 2016 tests may better reflect learning, while state standards and test designs have evolved since 2010, with further changes planned for 2017 and beyond.
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University of Kansas
Kansas
Neal Kingston
Achievement and Assessment Institute
Kingston
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