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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 2005
Page
7
Regional forecast calls for mild to cool conditions across the city region. Expect low temperatures around the upper 40s to mid 50s and high readings in the mid 60s to near 70s with partly cloudy skies and light winds.
The Williamsburg United Methodist Church will present its 2005 Christmas program at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Everyone is welcome to attend this community event at the church.
The Plaza Theater at 209 S Main St has been sold to PTO LL.C. of Baldwin City following a Franklin County deed filing. The venue had been closed most of the year after owner Richard Dimoush was arrested over a video recording system in bathrooms and faces federal charges. Officials sought new ownership as the closure continued.
Eugene Field Elementary plans an after school program run by Franklin County Day Care to serve about 28 students per site. The program would extend 3:15 to 6 p.m. with homework help, activities, and play time and would cost parents 30 dollars weekly.
Ransom Memorial Hospital offers Safe Sitter sessions for 11 to 13 year olds with basic life saving tips and injury response. The program runs each December and spring, next session December 29-30. Ottawa High School students mentor in on site preschool while Chosen Generation Child Care Center notes infant care ratios pose regulatory challenges.
At a tense State Board of Education meeting in Topeka, about 100 spectators including many superintendents opposed proposed limited school vouchers and more charter schools. Bob Corkins backs school choice, fueling fear among educators about public education. Fremont Foundation official Greg Forster argued competition helps improve schools, prompting walkouts as critics warn against undermining public education.
In January the analysis approves two proposals. One would fund two thirds of state per pupil dollars as scholarships to parents of special education students and at risk children, allowing public or private school choice. The other would let groups appeal charter proposals to the state board if locals reject them. Corkins says the aim is to serve students in different environments, though educators fear it signals that public schools fail. Kansas educators are praised by some yet criticized by others.
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