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The new "block grant'' way that the state of Kansas will fund its K-12 public schools, for the next two years at least, "possibly will make us (schools) do things we've never had to do before,'' according to Dennis Stones, superintendent of the Holton district.
In his report to the school board...
The work of digging footings at the site of the new Holton Elementary School, located just west of the current Colorado school, and preparing the site for the first cement pour at the new school's foundation, is expected to start in a couple of weeks, members of the school board learned here Monday...
Getting Jackson Heights’ facilities and technology ready for the 2015-16 school year was on the USD 335 Board of Education’s agenda at the board’s regular monthly meeting on Monday.
District Superintendent and Elementary Principal Adrianne Walsh presented board members with a list of potential...
Royal Valley Board of Education members have started to consider ways to reduce the district budget as they brace for budget cuts from the state.
In a previous meeting, Superintendent John Rundle noted that, with the passage of the block grant proposal, the district’s state aid is set to decrease...
Although an animal lover by nature, Caitlin Beall, 30, a doctor of veterinarian medicine at Banner Creek Animal Hospital, said she didn’t always picture herself as a veterinarian.
“I had thought about becoming a doctor, but I still wanted to spend time outside,” Beall said. “After following a...
Twenty years ago, Hoyt resident Sandy Rickel felt a calling from God to start a ministry to young mothers and mothers-to-be in the Jackson County area “who were in a crisis of some sort” and dealing with unexpected or unwanted pregnancies or a lack of resources to take care of their babies.
“When I...
Wednesday afternoon at Colorado Elementary School in Holton marked a time to tear down and a time to build.
The former involved the demolition of the last house standing on the block immediately west of the school — the former Chandler house, as some remember it — while the latter was marked by...
With both houses of Congress working together to pass a balanced budget, and both of the major political parties working together on Medicare reform, Congresswoman and Holton native Lynn Jenkins appeared on Friday to be optimistic about what’s happening in Washington.
“The stars just kind of...
An Arkansas man making a horseback journey across the United States passed through Jackson County last week, staying at the home of a Netawaka family who helped him celebrate his 21st birthday.
Tye Sturgeon, riding across the country to raise awareness of and funds for the Western Wishes charity...
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