Schools report AYP results at board meeting in Garden City
The district presented AYP results for each school and noted improvements and declines in reading and math with targets for 2011 and 2014. It highlighted how Garfield, Georgia Matthews, Jennie Barker, Victor Ornelas, Charles O Stones, and Kenneth Henderson met or missed AYP, and explained changes to graduation rate definitions and safe harbor options. The board approved modest class size increases to address budget constraints and a two-student prerogative for principals while maintaining overall goals.
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Garfield Elementary School
Georgia Matthews Elementary School
Jennie Barker
Victor Ornelas
Charles O. Stones
Safe Harbor
Kenneth Henderson Middle School
Safe Haven
Garden City Public
Valerie Rainman
Alta Brown
Kansas
Rainman
Garden City
Roy Cessna
Iran sets bail for two jailed Americans in spy case
An Iranian court set bail at 500000 dollars for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, allowing release after payment through third parties due to sanctions. The move mirrors a prior deal that freed Sarah Shourd, with officials in Iran and the United States reacting as months of tension progress toward potential freedom.
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Tehran
Iran
Masoud Shafiei
Shane Bauer
Josh Fattal
U.S
Tran
Gulf
Oman
Sarah Shourd
Shafiei
Associated Press
Sarah
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
NBC
Today
Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States
Ahmadinejad
Clinton
State Department
Iran-Iraq
Espio
Nage
Iraq
Bauer
Fattal
Shourd
Victoria Nuland
County considers upgrades to exhibition building repairs
Finney County commissioners discussed exterior improvements to the exhibition building at 409 Lake Ave and the need for a new awning after a 1980s snow collapse. They approved drafting costs and explored interior upgrades, while bids for exterior repainting had earlier failed. A two year $1,008,000 indigent defense contract was approved with a six-lawyer team. Health officials will begin $25 flu shots in October, with sessions at 919 Zerr Road. The board held short closed sessions on personnel and legal matters. The county meets Mondays at the Administrative Center on Ninth Street.
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Clark
Mayo
Lara Blake Bors
Kara Schartz
Garden City
Doug Spencer
Oakley
The
Commission
Ashley Goss
Finney County Health Department
Health Department
Zerr Road
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
United Way RSVP funds seek 550000 for community programs
Finney County United Way outlines an 2012 goal of raising 550000 to support RSVP operations including software postage stamps and materials. RSVP had 391 volunteers who contributed 538722 hours at 96 sites in 192 jobs between April 1 2010 and March this year. Other funded agencies include Kansas Children's Service League Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts and Habitat for Humanity among others.
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RSVP
Marty Dinkel
Finney County United Way
Consuelo Sandoval
Sandoval
United Way
Kansas Children’s Service
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Rei
State of Kansas
Kansas Legal Services
Finney County
Jm Demal
Fiest
Paragon
Kansas City
Knights of Columbus Hall
N. 8Th St
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