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The budgets for Impact Aid and the Title VII Indian Education programs were approved by the Royal Valley Board of Education Monday evening.
Separate hearings were held for the budgets, and committee members LeAnne Rupnick, Josie Pahmahmie and Carrie O’Toole were present to outline the different...
Keeping the Jackson Heights school district up to date on technology at a reasonable price was district technology director Vern Andrews’ goal for the 2016-17 school year, and on Monday, Andrews told members of the USD 335 Board of Education that he was able to meet that goal.
Board members...
A familiar face is returning to Royal Valley as the USD 337 Board of Education recently agreed to hire Aaric Davis as the new district superintendent beginning July 1.
Davis was offered a two-year contract by the Royal Valley Board of Education with a $95,000 salary for the 2016-2017 school year...
Construction of the new Holton Elementary School continues to progress nicely and with good quality control, school board members learned at their meeting here Monday evening.
Among decisions made by the board the meeting was one to approve a list of new furniture, fixtures and equipment for the...
Aaric Davis has been hired as the new superintendent at USD 337 Royal Valley.
During a special meeting of the board of education Wednesday evening, the board offered the superintendent position to Davis for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. The action was taken after a 10-minute executive...
In recent months, members of the Holton City Commission have expressed interest in building a road that would connect Gilliland Drive, located west of Holton Community Hospital, to the Holton Industrial Park.
Construction of the road was proposed with the idea that getting truck traffic off U.S....
As of July 1 of last year, Jackson County’s overall population had fallen by more than 125 in the previous 12-month period, according to population estimates released in recent days by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Jackson County, which had an official 2010 census of 13,462 residents, listed a July 1...
A delegation of Kansas sorghum producers, including Holton resident Sarah Sexton-Bowser, recently traveled to China March 12-19 to promote coarse grains, assess current trends in the market and assist with rolling out the 2015-2016 corn and sorghum harvest quality reports.
The trip was supported...
A “bark park” for Holton-area dogs could be open at Countryside Park as soon as this fall, the Holton City Commission learned on Monday.
Members of the city’s Dog Park Committee met with the city commission to discuss plans for the dog park, to be built near the soccer fields at Countryside...
Since the formation of Royal Valley and the consolidation of the Hoyt and Mayetta high schools in the fall of 1971, this district has only had five superintendents.
After a special meeting set for Wednesday evening, that number will be six, and a new chapter in the school’s history will begin....
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