Category: Wichita and Kansas schools
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Kansas school leader: pay cuts and audits not the solution
At a meeting last week of the Kansas Senate Assessment and Taxation committee, a Kansas school superintendent said cutting his pay and auditing his district are not the answers to Kansas budget problems.
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Kansas school district consolidation, reorganization testimony heard
Last week the Kansas House Education Budget Committee heard testimony on HB 2728. The key provision of this bill is that Kansas school districts would be required to have a minimum of 10,000 students. It also requires conforming to a common chart of accounts, and that school finance information be placed on the internet.
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Wichita school board discusses job reductions, incentives
At yesterday’s meeting of the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, heard descriptions of district policy on how a reduction in force — layoffs, in other words — world be accomplished if the district decides to use this method of reconciling its budget.
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Americans uninformed about school spending, study finds
When asked about levels of spending on public schools, Americans are likely to vastly underestimate the amount that schools spend.
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Kansas school spending advocates on the numbers
Next week there’s going to be a march on the Kansas statehouse asking for more spending on Kansas schools. In support of the march and the plea for more spending, a group has created a website titled Adequate Yearly Funding.
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Kansas school consolidation, information reform bill introduced
A bill has been introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives which would require consolidation of small school districts and increase the ability to manage schools through common accounting standards and information availability.
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Wichita schools present case for spending to public
Last night USD 259, the Wichita public school district, held two meetings with the public seeking ideas on how to deal with a budget shortfall. I attended the meeting at Southeast High School.
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Artificial turf meets Wichita public schools board
Here’s a citizen-contributed report from one of last night’s meeting of the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, with the public seeking ideas on how to deal with a budget shortfall. There were two meetings, one at Southeast High School, and one at West High School. This is a report from someone…
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Wichita school employee-student ratio drops
For the 1998-1999 school year, there were 8.55 Wichita public school employees for each full-time equivalent enrollment. For 2007-2008, that number dropped to 6.74 employees per student. That’s an increase of 21% over a period of nine years.
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Wichita schools: why so many employees?
Tomorrow evening USD 259, the Wichita public school district, is holding two meetings seeking input from the public on budget matters. Perhaps someone will ask a few questions about why spending has been increasing so fast. The number of students for each employee would be a good question. The chart below shows the trend for…
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Wichita schools seek public input on budget priorities
On Monday, the Wichita public schools board of education will be holding two meetings seeking input from the public on school budgets.