Lawrence District 497 expands special education amid inflation
Lawrence School District 497 plans to add the equivalent of 414 teachers, mainly in special education, to meet state and federal standards. The 1975-76 budget would total about 11.12 million dollars with general fund of 7.28 million, reflecting inflation but no major new programs. Enrollment has declined since 1968, yet staff has grown 38 certified positions since then, and the district plans four fewer elementary teachers and four more at the high school level. The US Office of Education rejection of several funding proposals limits federal aid and delays programs such as Civil Rights Act Title IV initiatives and Indian education improvements.
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Donald Stejskal
Marcia Zoffuto
Ira Williams
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Louis Bixenman
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Lawrence district proposes record 11 million budget
Lawrence School District 497 board considers a record 11,115,989 dollar budget for 1975-76. The proposal, up from 9,689,448 last year, aims for the smallest mill levy increase in three years, with local funds covering the bulk of the rise.
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Kenneth Fisher
Lawrence School District 497
Uganda leader pledges pardon for British lecturer Hills
President Idi Amin of Uganda announced he would spare Denise Hills from execution after mediation by Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire. Amin, visiting Kinshasa, said he would notify the British chargé d’affaires and seek broader mediation for British-Ugandan relations.
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Lawrence school board sees new members take office after busy meeting
Lawrence 497 school board held a busy last session before new members took office. Retiring directors Kenneth Anderson Richard Holzmeister and John Spearman Sr were honored with lifetime passes as the district weighs high school extension site options and a $72 000 prefab metal building. Eleven teachers were hired amid questions about qualifications and a potential move from the White Elephant Public Consignment Market to house the extension program.
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Kenneth Anderson
Richard Holzmeister
John Spearman
William Bradley
Martha Masinton
Charles Oldfather
Larry Hatfield
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First Southern Baptist Church
Lawrence High School
Kenneth Fisher
Fisher
Gary Condra
Hubbell Oil Portraits At Lowe Museum Exhibit
Lawrence native Henry Salem Hubbell who died in 1949 is featured in an exhibit of his oil paintings at the Lowe Art Museum University of Miami Coral Gables through Aug 17. The show includes four Roosevelt portraits and other interior portraits and landscapes. One work on loan from Lawrence District 497 titled By the Fireside will return to the Lawrence High School library.
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Lawrence
Lowe Art Museum
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Fla
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Former city fire chief John Miller dies at 70
John W. Miller longtime Lawrence fire chief and deputy state fire marshal died at 70. He served 32 years with the Lawrence Fire Department, led as chief from 1952 to 1960, and later was deputy state fire marshal. Graveside rites are at Memorial Park Cemetery with American Legion and Masons assisting.
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Nekoma
N.D
Kansas Heart Assn
Respiratory Disease Assn
Topeka
Army Air Corps
Abdallah Temple
Kansas City
International Association of Fire Chiefs
The
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Kansas highway deaths report by period
The AP tally shows 34 fatalities on Kansas highways in June, 213 for 1975, and 232 for the comparable 1974 period. The 24 hour toll through 9 am Tuesday stands at zero.
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