Ottawa City and Library Debate Space in Franklin Sayings Building
Editorial notes that negotiations over sharing the Franklin Sayings building leave limited space for Ottawa Library and Friends of the Library storage needs. While expanding access and accommodating seniors, the plan provides three floor layouts with reserved future offices. Present collection grows to 45 636 volumes, with 10 000 more possible, under budget limits.
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Ottawa
Franklin Sayings
Friends of the Library
McPherson
Coffeyville
Parsons
Independence
Arkansas City
Winfield
el Dorado
Atchison
Liberal
Franklin Building
Herald
Kansas Library Association
Public Library Section
Editorial on Ottawa school bond issue and voter needs
An Ottawa publisher outlines the single bond proposal debate, arguing taxes drive opposition and stressing the need for full disclosure. He explains inviting school board members and candidates to publish detailed columns, ensuring both sides are heard before the vote, with 37 publishing days remaining.
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Ottawa
Cummings
Bud Gollier
Sheldon
School Board
Ottawa bond scare prompts local option budget warning
Sam Sheldon and Ottawa school district officials warn that approving the $20 million bond for new construction could lead to a future local option budget tax to fund technology, furniture, and equipment for media centers and the new schools. They cite Emporia’s experience and urge voters to learn about the local option budget tax before casting a yes vote.
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Sam Sheldon
Ottawa
Emporia
Ottawa Board of Education
Bond issue debate in school district faces pushback
The passage of the USD bond issue remains crucial for improving education as the district seeks better facilities. Critics charge that Mr. Sheldon and his allies have sidelined other important issues in the discourse.
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Sheldon
Public education changes spark reader concerns in Kansas district
Catherine Ecroyd of OHS challenges school board candidates in USD 299 on breakfast programs special ed and Title IX funding asks where they stand on nepotism, student rights, suspensions, and new programs amid a lingering per pupil allotment and cost pressures.
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Sheldon
U.S.D
Topeka
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Rex Cummings
Jim Hitch
The
Ottawa Herald
Steve Woolf
Don Duncan
Mr. Sheldon
Michigan
New Jersey
Kansas
Catherine Ecroyd
OHS
Mallard Fillmore
Bret
U.S
Iwo Jima
Mount Suribachi
San Bernardino Straits
Philippines
German Pomerania
By Karl A. van Asselt
Charlone Foltz Jones
Dell Pub
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