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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1998
Page
6
Southwest seventh graders competed in 12 events for gold silver and bronze medals. Medals were foil covered chocolates but the fierce competition highlighted interdisciplinary learning in math science language arts and geography. Kyle Capps Swiss team won gold in overall team PE.
Kansas House members pressed to replace the Board of Regents with an 11 member Council on Higher Education overseeing six regents universities Washburn University and 19 community colleges. Regents urged caution noting funding standards and tax relief tied to the plan and questioning how excellence would be measured amid economic risk. The panel sought common ground while EU Chancellor Hemenway warned about tradeoffs between funding and governance.
A brief legislative note reports the House Tourism Committee approved a bill allowing $10 canoe seats on Kansas waters. The sponsor, Chief Ear Wii, described concerns but supported swift progress toward a full House debate.
Kansas University reports its spring enrollment reached 23,848 for the Lawrence campus and the KU Regents Center, the highest since 1994, up 2.3 percent from spring 1997 with 21,999 undergrad and graduate students on the Lawrence campus. KU officials cite freshmen retention programs as a factor and note overall Regent system gains with KSU and ESU posting varied changes.
Parents as Teachers, funded by the school district and state, faces a $21,000 shortfall with a March 1 deadline to avoid cuts. The program serves 93 children in 83 families, has raised only $3,000 of the needed local match, and could lose two of its three parent-educators if funds are not found.
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