Garden City education bond tour highlights aging school labs
Area residents view 500 USD 457 bond campaign yard signs while Garden City High School officials show science rooms with limited lab space. Assistant Superintendent Shelly Kiblinger notes tiny classrooms lack sinks and lab tables hindering hands on experiments. Rebecca Bryant, a science teacher, describes microscopes on desks and crowded conditions.
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Garden City High School
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Shelly Kiblinger
Kiblinger
Speakers Bureau
Rebecca Bryant
Garden City meeting focuses on tobacco taxes and indoor ban
Garden City residents urged KHPA to back a statewide indoor smoking ban and higher tobacco user fees at a Finney County Public Library meeting. KHPA notes tobacco causes about 4000 Kansas deaths annually and nearly $930 million in health care costs.
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Garden City
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Finney County
KHPA
Kansas
Marcia Nielson
Hugoton seeks bond for middle school upgrades and new center
About 30 residents heard USD 210 plans for a $21 million bond to renovate Hugoton Middle School including athletic facilities and an early childhood center. Cracks in aluminum siding led to water intrusion and mold, raising concerns on safety and modernization. The plan, from Shaefer Johnson Cox Fry, proposes a new L shaped middle school wing, a cafeteria expansion, and improved security.
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Hugoton
Robert Davis
Davis
Hugoton Middle School
Shirley Bozone
Bozone
Steve Rome
Kenton Cox
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Kansas students improve in reading and math tests says official
Kansas students posted higher scores on reading and math tests in the latest state report. Reading: 84.1 percent in top three categories, up from 59.2 percent in 2000. Math: 81 percent, up from 50.3 percent in 2000. Deputy Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker cautioned the 100 percent target under No Child Left Behind is unlikely due to students with disabilities and English learners.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Education
Diane DeBacker
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