Mentoring programs urged to boost teacher retention
Ezra Sykes reports on Ottawa board urging in-house peer assistance and mentoring to help new teachers survive their first years and combat a 30 percent two year turnover. Kansas Nation al Education Association advocates perpetual professional development to improve student achievement and retain staff.
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Ezra
Sykes Herald
Mark Desetti
Desetti
Kansas National Education Association
Ottawa Board of Education
KNEA
Kansas
Ottawa
Bruce Lindskog
Prairie Fire UniServ
Teachers Association
Jan Collins
Marge Stevens
Collins
Tony Keim
Keim
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald
Families appeal quarry expansion permit approval
Three Franklin County families from rural Ottawa filed in District Court on October 4 appealing a county decision to grant Penny's Concrete Inc. a conditional special use permit to expand a limestone quarry at Sand Creek and Oregon Roads. The suit alleges improper notice to landowners within 1000 feet and missing required planning commission findings, and disputes a 1998 zoning and a prior rock crushing permit. Opponents fear dust and traffic while two gas lines raise blast safety concerns. county attorney says the actions were legal. The permit includes 18 conditions and the case advances to discovery ahead of a pretrial hearing.
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Franklin County
Penny's Concrete
Donald
Kathy Williams
Gary
LaDean Large
Steve
Jenna Hackathorn
Ottawa
Penny's Concrete Inc
Sand Creek
Oregon Roads
Planning Commission
Penny
Peoria Township
Penny's
Steve Hackathorn
Hackathorn
John Dowell
Dowell
Penny’s
Tennessee Road
Don Waymire
Ed Taylor
Raymond Carey
Don Stottlemire
Fred Ferguson
Darrin Peschka
Dpeschka
Ottawaherald.com
Sheriff probes car thefts in Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating three related vehicle thefts in Pomona and Centropolis. A 1996 Chevrolet pickup was stolen from Pomona during a burglary and later found in a Centropolis ditch with some items. A 1993 Freightliner semi and 1995 Wilson grain trailer were stolen from Centropolis and found nearby. A white and silver Ford dually pickup was stolen from Stafford Road and located near Shawnee Road.
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Herald
Pomona
Centropolis
Franklin County
Craig Davis
Davis
Seventh St
Thomas Road
Indiana Road
Stafford Road
Shawnee Road
Ottawa stalls on truck parking ban bid at work session
Ottawa officials remain split over a proposed ordinance banning large trucks from city parking. Commissioner Charles Gillette backs changes to extend a ban to trucks weighing 26,000 pounds or more, with Nov. 7 set for the next work session. The measure would exclude heavy delivery, construction, and certain private-property vehicles.
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Cleon Rickel
Deb Henningsen
Richard Jackson
Allo
Ge Gene Ramsey
Rocky Eo Huse
Gillette
A. Gillette
Ottawa to Advertise for City Manager Soon
City of Ottawa plans a broad search for a new manager with ads set to run in November and December and candidates to be reviewed starting January 2. Mayor Gene Ramsey will supervise the campaign with ads in ICMA newsletter Nation's Cities Weekly and Government Journal.
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Herald
Ottawa
Bob Bezek
Gene Ramsey
The
Ottawa Times
ICMA
Government Journal
League of Kansas
CMA
MOS
Kansas Association of Counties
Kansas University
Kansas State
Wichita State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Colorado
Iio
Scott Lambers
Lanewood
Kansas Cities
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