Enrollment drives district toward higher state aid
Enrollment growth could lift the district’s general fund to about 48.31 million dollars versus the adopted 47.54 million. Property tax intake remains unchanged at 20 mills. Whitley notes unaudited revenues from KSDE funds may require a revised budget after audit. 2009-10 comparisons are distorted by special-education moves to Garfield Early Childhood Center.
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Kansas State Department of Education
Whitley
Garfield Early Childhood Center
District Enrollment Figures By Grade Compare Year Over Year
Grade by grade district enrollment totals show the first column representing last year and the second column for the current school year. The data track changes in each grade level from prior to present, indicating shifts in student distribution and total district size. The report highlights gains and losses across all grades to inform planning.
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GCHS
Kenneth Henderson
Abe Hubert
Charles O. Stones
Bernadine Sitts
Alta Brown
Buffalo Jones
Edith Scheuerman
Garfield
Georgia Matthews Gertrude Walker
Jennie Barker
Jennie Wilson
Plymell
Victor Ornelas
Florence Wilson
Women convicted in hate crime beating death in Shenandoah
The case centered on four teens who assaulted Ramirez, a Hispanic man, during a street melee. Prosecutors argued the killing was motivated by race, with Ramirez called a spie and told to return to Mexico. Donchak and Piekarsky were convicted of a hate crime under the Fair Housing Act, with sentencing set for January 24.
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Justice Department
Myesha Braden
Ramirez
William Fetterhoff
James Swetz
Thomas E. Perez
Mexico
Piekarsky
Donchak
Ed Rendell
Fetterhoff
Schuylkill County
Colin Walsh
Brian Scully
Shenandoah
Philadelphia
No COLA increase for Social Security to 2011 discussants say
The piece notes 58.7 million retirees and disabled rely on Social Security or SSI. Without a 2011 COLA, benefits stay flat after 2009’s 5.8 percent rise. Experts cite inflation shifts since 2008 and project a 1.2 percent COLA for 2012 if prices rise. Advocates urge补some compensation for the lack of a COLA.
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Edelman
Congress
Andrew Biggs
Social Security Administration
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American Enterprise Institute
Biggs
Barbara Kennelly
Connecticut
National Committee To
Voting ad at issue in secretary of state race
A political ad urging voter awareness of ballot access is evaluated as potential elec tioneering. The piece shows Biggs at his desk and cites ethics rules and past cases, including the 1986 Finney incident that led to a reimbursement and a bright line test for electioneering phrases.
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Biggs
Longpine
Mark Parkinson
Ron Thornburgh
McKinney
Kobach
Joan Finney
Eth
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Finney
Williams
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