Enrollment boost nets nearly 400000 for district
Ottawa School District adds 83 more students this year boosting state aid at 4374 per pupil. Audited headcount last year reached 2443 with unaudited 2526 this Monday. District reports 129 out-of-district students, down from 151, shaping next year’s budget.
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Jodie Garcia
Herald
Ottawa
Superin
Dean Katt
Katt
West Franklin
Wellsville
Central Heights
Missouri man gets life in abduction case involving teens
Michael Devlin, 41, a former pizza shop manager, was sentenced to life in prison after abducting two teenage boys in Missouri. The crimes, including one boy held for four days and another for four years, prompted broader investigations and the recovery of a third missing youth. Devlin spoke little at a brief hearing as he prepares to plead guilty to the charges.
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Michael Devlin
Franklin County explores youth law enforcement Explorers post
Franklin County high school students will join a new Explorers post to learn about patrols jailers and dispatchers and gain hands on experience through training community activities and ride alongs cadets will wear uniforms and help at parades fairs and car shows with safety as a priority open to ages 14 to 20 the program mirrors a police academy and draws on a Miami County model for guidance.
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Franklin County High School
Explorers
Law Enforcement Academy
Jimmie Dean
Explorer
Boy Scouts
Jeremy McGowan
Boy Scouts’ Kansas City
Ottawa Board Bans Tobacco Use on District Property
Ottawa school board unanimously approved a tobacco free policy prohibiting smoking and smokeless tobacco by students staff and visitors on all district property. Violations may lead to removal from property and possible trespass charges.
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Jodie Garcia
Teachers Set for Overseas Deployment
Ottawa High School communicates that two teachers are to be deployed abroad. Chris Reynolds, an Army Bandsman, will serve as embedded tactical trainer in Afghanistan and senior advisor for the Afghanistan National Army Band, with an expected return in late 2008. Rob Hedrick, with the 1-161 Field Artillery Battalion, will support MP units for the 45th Brigade in Iraq, returning by November 2008.
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Chris Reynolds
Ottawa
Rob Hedrick
Paola
Afghanistan
Iraq
Reynolds
312Th Army Band
Lawrence
Afghanistan National Army Band
Hedrick
1-161 Field Artillery
45Th Brigade
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