Integrity test warnings echo in two Kansas districts
Editorial notes that last week’s testing irregularities in Basehor Linwood and Jefferson North Kansas districts threaten No Child Left Behind goals. Irregularities led to resignations, reassignments, and test score invalidations while officials urged strict adherence to proper testing and truthful reporting to avoid sanctions.
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Jefferson County North
Nortonville
Jefferson North
Basehor- Linwood
Bush and Annan Seek U.N. Role Over Iraq Crisis
Washington Post columnist Jim Hoagland notes a cautious balance as Kofi Annan urges reform and early coercive action to curb terrorism while Bush defends U.S. leadership and calls for a broader U.N. role in Iraq. Both stress cooperation, with Vieira de Mello honored for his work and sacrifice.
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New York
Annan
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U.N
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Vieira de Melld
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Letter and public concerns on policy and health reporting
To the editor and Gianfranco Pezzino respond to a prior editorial and discuss California governance mirroring Thatcherite policy, urban growth funding and service burdens in Lawrence, Kansas. The letter cites financial strains from living wages and annexation costs, urging fiscal restraint. It also defends earlier Cryptosporidiosis outbreak reporting by the Health Department and clarifies information release timing to protect at risk groups.
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Twin Oaks
Lawrence Journal-World
Lawrence- Douglas
Health Department
Gianfranco Pezzino
Lawrence Memorial Hospital heart attack care praised by physician
Dr Gerald B Pees, long time Lawrence physician, defends LMH heart attack care amid a local regional survey showing lower rankings. He asserts high quality care at LMH and urges confidence in the hospital for cardiac patients.
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Lawrence Journal- World
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Gerald B. Pees
Old Hometown Notes on Bids and Unemployment
Officials feared Clinton Parkway project costs would exceed the 10 million limit despite some bids below estimates. Unemployment in town fell to 3.9 percent as schools opened. Kansas University football scoreboard installation progress noted ahead of home opener versus Syracuse on Sept 28, with a season opener loss to Texas Christian mentioned. A 1903 aside recounts a farmer’s donation to flood victims and a separate warning from a local lawman about persistent shoplifting and vigilant policing.
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Syracuse University
Texas Christian Eerste
Lawrence Daily World
Public Letters Policy Details from The Journal World
The Journal World outlines letters to the Public Forum should be 250 words or less and address matters of public interest. Editors reserve rights to edit for clarity while preserving viewpoints and require the writer to include name address and telephone number for submission by email.
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