Lawrence school board seeks national search for new superintendent
Following the departure of Al Azinger to Illinois State University the Lawrence board must conduct a comprehensive nationwide search for a new school chief. An independent firm model, similar to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, could involve community representatives and aim to attract an exceptional leader to guide district growth and address longstanding boundary debates. The task is urgent as board divisions and looming vacancies complicate progress.
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al Azinger
Mlinois State University
Normal
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Azinger
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
California House race signals peak party rivalry in 1998
Washington observers note the California special election won by Democrat Lois Capps shows a sharp, nationwide shift. The piece argues such contests reveal hardening partisan lines, with Democrats and Republicans increasingly unified at policy levels across most issues, and future House races becoming costly national battlegrounds.
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California
Lois Capps
Franklin Roosevelt
House
Martin, Barton and Fish
Newt Gingrich
Dick Gephardt
Capps
Tom Bordonara
Walter Capps
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Gephardt
National Journal
Congressional Quarterly
Gingrich Or
Bill Archer
Houston
Charles Rangel
Harlem
Ways and Means
David Brader
Washington Post Writers Group
Forty percent reading rule sparks equality debate
Leonard Pitts critiques San Francisco school board members Keith Jackson and Steve Phillips for proposing that at least 40 percent of high school reading be by nonwhite authors. He questions the numeric approach to equality while supporting readers from diverse cultures and stressing the value of good faith over quotas.
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Bay Area
San Francisco
Keith Jackson
Chaucer
Tim
Phillips- Jackson
Rea
Jackson
Phillips
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Address Announcement for Journal-World Mail Changes
Postmaster notice directs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World P.O. Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888. The item notes USPS 306 520 periodicals postage paid at Lawrence. It identifies the publication as a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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C. Box
Lawrence
Katy
Lawrence, Kart
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Community praise and traffic corridor vision for Lawrence area
Reader letters commend Lawrence Alternative High School for its resourceful staff and positive student atmosphere. Skeet Smith urges a northwest corridor beltway from Farmers Turnpike to Santa Fe tracks to ease growth, while Mary and John Doveton thank Judy Juneau and LATS. The Journal World notes letters policy and submission basics.
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Lawrence
Judy Juneau
Lats
Lawrence, Mary and
John Doveton
Owens Lane
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
South Lawrence
Skeet Smith
Schwarz Rd
Jayhawk guard leads with high field goal and free throw marks
Guard Bob Billings, hampered by back problems in 1957 58, led the Jayhawks with a .472 field goal percentage and a .726 free throw average. Dr Franklin Murphy, after two decades in public roles at KU and UCLA, says he is enjoying life as a private man while chairing Times Mirror Corp.
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Jayhawk
Franklin Murphy
Journal- World
Kansas University Medical School
UCLA
Times Mirror Corp
Los Angeles
Be Fair on the Education Board Representation
On March 15, 1898 the Lawrence World urged fair treatment for the north side of the river in board of education representation. It argued wards have long determined seating, calling political decency a duty to include loyal residents and not shut them out due to recent mistakes. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum
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Board of Education
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Watkins Community Museum
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