Board Approves Charter School Plan Expansion
A Kansas school board approves expanding charter school limits beyond 15 with new entrants required to rank in the state’s bottom third on math and reading tests. The plan allows appeals to the state board and court if local boards disapprove charters. Read list includes Greenlawn Elementary and Pittsburg High among 15 approved schools.
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Hill
Greenlawn
Columbus
McPherson Alternative Center
McPherson
Crawford Charter School
Frontenac
John Dewey Learning Academy
Lecompton
Unified School
Anthony
Peoria Street
Louisburg
Abilene
Baldwin
Dodge City Academy
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Basehor-Linwood
Baselior
Springhill
Hutchinson
Haven
Galena
Local doctor faces disciplinary action over sexual misconduct findings
Kansas doctor Wilson faces board action after alleged sexual touches and misconduct with patients and staff. Settlements with three patients in 1993 and 1994 remain undisclosed, while claims also include failure to report judgments, falsifying renewal forms, and overprescribing weight loss drugs. State board may impose fines up to 15000 and license suspension or revocation. lawyer Gene Olander to prepare recommendation. Wilson denies specifics and awaits January reply deadline with attorney Mike Francis.
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DEA
Kansas
Lawrence
Wilson
Mike Francis
Topeka
Francis
Gene Olander
Shawnee County
LaChance
Boundary panel weighs four school boundary options
A school district boundary committee in Lawrence weighed four growth driven boundary scenarios at a Wednesday meeting. The panel discussed moving Quail Run and Sunflower students among Deerfield Centennial Hillcrest and Broken Arrow to relieve overcrowding while considering long term needs and potential bond funding.
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Lawrence
Jerry Bailey
Sunflower
Quail Run
Prairie Park
Sixth Street
Deerfield School
Heatherwood
Kasold and
Clinton Parkway
Centennial School
Craig Fiegel
Deerfield
Sixth
Wakarusa
15Th Street
Fairway 11
Hillcrest
Kasold
Centennial
Gaslight Village
Mobile Home Park
Broken Arrow
Boundary committee eyes school board recommendation by late January
The boundary panel plans to forward a recommendation to the school board by January 26 or February 9. It will meet 5 to 7 p.m. next Wednesday and on January 6 13 and 20 at the district service center. Discussions cover moving rural Prairie Park and other Quail Run students to Broken Arrow or Hillcrest and Kennedy sites. Caroline Trowbridge’s listed phone 832-7148 and email caroline@ljworld.com.
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District Service Center
Obituary list from multiple Kansas towns includes McQueen Sass Lungstrum
Obituaries for Dorothy M McQueen of Lawrence formerly Phillipsburg born July 4 1922 and Dick McQueen died 1987. Gladys P Sass 89 of Winchester burial in Winchester and Helen Alice Watson Lungstrum 76 of Estes Park Colorado memorial services in Estes Park.
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Oskaloosa
Gladys P. Sass
Winchester
Estes Park
Colo
Helen
Alice Watson Lungstrum
Estes Park, Colo
Evans obituary details married life and survivors
A death notice from St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church notes a wife who married Jack Lungstrum on May 14, 1955 in Topeka. Survivors include two sons John Watson Lungstrum Lawrence and Richard Watson Lungstrum Ithaca. A daughter Connie Clark Fort Collins, a sister Nancy Hannah Vail and six grandchildren. Memorial gifts may go to Estes Park Medical Center Foundation via Allnutt Funeral Service.
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Barnett Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
Reformed Presbyterian
Winchester
Sass
Jefferson County Geriatrics Center
Easton
Robert and
Nannie Jones Feverley
Valley Falls
Easton High School
St. Bartholomew’s — Episcopal Church
Estes Park
St. Bartholomew’s Churchyard Columbarium
Lungstrum
Poudre Valley Hospital
Fort Collins
Colo
Topeka
Martin Wallace
Helen Marie Wegener Watson
Salina
Kansas University
Washburn University
Ward-Belmont
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio University
The
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Ber
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
Jack Lungstrum
John Watson Lungstrum
Lawrence
Richard Watson
Ithaca
N.Y
Connie Clark
Cole
Nancy Hannah
Vail
Estes Park Medical Center
Allnutt Funeral Service
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Wakatusa
Kennedy
Riverside
Broken Arrow Site
Caroline
Ljworld.com
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Phillipsburg
Dorothy
M. McQueen
Olliff-Beeve
Kirwin
Dick McQueen
Loveland
Roy King
Beckley
W.V
Meda Green
Clathe
Gordon King
Santa Paula
Calif
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Gladys Sass
Villagers and Friends of the Library
Episcopal Church Women
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