Kansas high school activities study prompts time rule debate
A Kansas study shows substantial classroom time lost to extracurriculars, especially Future Farmers of America, golf and tennis. Executive Director Nelson Hartman urges tighter rules on start times during school hours and weighs moving spring activities to summer to balance education and activities.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Nelson Hartman
Hartman
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Association
State Board of Education
Future Farmer of America
FFA
Osawatomie heat prompts school air conditioning and recalls
In Osawatomie the district kept high and middle schools cooled by central air, with West and East Schools later added via window units under Title I and other funding. Former superintendents credit air conditioning as a good investment and note earlier starts to avoid heat disruption. In Paola, four candidates for city manager will be interviewed as interim manager Virgil Basgall oversees a 35-applicant, 16-state pool. Chanute plans a $1.75 million depot renovation into a library and Safari Museum, sparked by a $500,000 Larry Hudson Foundation gift. Osawatomie hosts a recall petition against commissioner George Zakoura. clerk Buhrman recall is deemed insufficient. The attorney general’s office reviews a Kansas Open Meetings Law dispute over a multi‑million county building program.
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Osawatomie
West School
East School
Ernest L. Swenson
Paola
Ed Dawson
Virgil Basgall
Emporia
Basgall
Chanute
Larry Hudson
Miami County
David Miller
Janice Buhrman
George Zakoura
Buhrman
Kansas
Ottawa University hosts NASA shuttle veteran Jeve Hawley as speaker
Jeve Hawley, a three time NASA shuttle veteran and 1978 selected astronaut, will speak at 10 am Wednesday in the OU Administration Building Auditorium as part of the Program Series. The free event follows Hawley’s career including flights on Challenger, Columbia and Discovery and his current role at NASA Ames in Mountain View California.
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Jeve Hawley
Ottawa University
Hawley
Ottawa
Bernard
Jeanne
Dick) Hawley
Salina
Phi Betta Kappa
University of Kansas
University of California-Santa Cruz
E. Glenn
Ruth Dick
Martha Elliott
Kathy Elliott
NASA
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Calif
Eileen
San Francisco
Taxman proposes alphabet based car tax reform
Topeka Revenue Secretary Ed Rolfs proposes changing regulations to cut motor vehicle taxes across the alphabet, reducing taxes more for late letters like Z than early ones like A. Attorney General Stephan countered with a petition claiming the current method for taxing vehicles by depreciation is unconstitutional and unequal.
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Matt Truell
Associated Press
Topeka — Revenue
Ed Rolfs
Rolfs
Bob Stephan
Stephan
Rolls
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