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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1998
Page
8
The Lawrence district invites 5 year olds to kindergarten Round Up at all elementary schools. Call the school to arrange enrollment or the Service Center at 832 5000 if unsure. Transfers auto move enrollment, bring birth certificate immunization records and medical forms. A physician must provide a physical assessment. Participation is optional but encourages family interactions.
The list covers multiple April round up dates for New York and Sunset Hill on April 3, Pinckney on April 8, Hillcrest April 9, Centennial April 10, Broken Arrow April 14, Prairie Park and Wakarusa Valley April 15, Quail Run Schwegler April 16, Cordley Grant Quail Run Schwegler Woodlawn April 17, Sunflower April 23, Deerfield and Sunflower April 24, East Heights April 29, Kennedy Riverside April 30. A Douglas County Christian School kindergarten round up is April 17 from 9 to 10 a.m. For more information call 749-0083.
KU police have named three KU students suspected of filling a plastic bottle with chemicals to create an explosion in McCollum Hall. The blast injured worker Kenneth Sisson, 19, who was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Police sent reports to the Douglas County district attorney for possible prosecution. No arrests yet, identities and materials withheld.
Kansas Action for Children releases the 1998 Kids Count state report noting mixed results. Immunizations and Head Start participation are at high levels and more youth pursue higher education, but concerns include rising alcohol and drug use, more legal troubles, and high teen violent death rates. KAC is a private nonprofit advocacy group started by three Junior Leagues and the Kansas Children’s Service League.
The 1998 Kansas Kids Count report details 18 indicators across six areas of child well being for 1996 data. It notes a 5 percent drop in high school graduation to 76 percent and an 7 percent dropout rate nationally low, while childhood deaths rose 3 percent and infant mortality fell 0.3 percent.
Rob Tabor, a blind attorney, reports a burglary at 1009 N.H. that damaged offices and stole checks and a cordless phone along with his speech processor and Toshiba computer gear valued around six thousand dollars. Several attorneys in the building reported thefts. police continue investigation.
Ottawa Kansas teachers, among the district’s lowest paid, must decide by March 30 after the school board presented a take-it-or-leave-it unilateral contract offering at least a 1 percent raise for 188 teachers. Spokesman Bob Bezek Jr. outlined the plan while teachers’ union and board arithmetic diverge on pay and terms.
In Topeka House and Senate negotiators report progress toward a tax relief package linked to education funding. The $182 million Senate plan adds 44.9 million in basic school aid, with Gov Graves proposing 35.9 million. House leaders seek at least one working poor tax credit and a higher relief total.
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