Seven period day at GCHS reshapes time use and learning
GCHS shifted from an eight period block schedule to seven 50 minute periods with 25 minute mentoring and five minute passing periods. Principal Steve Nordby says the new plan quickens the day, boosts daily student and teacher contact, and demands immediate homework completion. Teachers note seniors initially worried but students adjust, with benefits in core subjects and lab planning, though some say labs and activities feel tighter. Overall, Nordby reports positive feedback after a month as staff and students adapt to closer daily interaction.
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Legislators foresee limited tax reform and local focus after August primary
Legislators and candidates reflect on a shifting political landscape. Gov. Brownback remains influential, with tax lid reform likely incremental rather than sweeping. A projected $200 to $300 million budget shortfall looms this year, demanding cuts, while new legislators with local government backgrounds are seen as more sympathetic to cities and schools and Medicaid expansion.
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Trial: Witnesss testify in death of Smith at Scott City
LaPlant described the events of January 16 2014 at the Cowboy Cabins in Scott City where Smith died after using meth Heberlee and others helped move Smith to Heberlees home and Speers car. Schuckman testified that the group failed to seek hospital care. Smiths body was found outside the Cowboy Cabins around 7 20 am January 17 2014. Prosecutors charged Hetherlee under a 2013 Kansas law on distribution of a controlled substance causing death.
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