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Charter school attendance rises in KC
The number of public school students attending charter schools in Kansas City increased by 15 percent this year, and state educators say there are multiple reasons.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Caldwell Elementary Keeping Kids Warm event, 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, 1441 S. Edgemoor. Each student will receive a coat, gloves, hat and backpack filled with school supplies as part of a national program sponsored by Lane Bryant and other women's retailers.
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Wichita school board names 99% winners
The Wichita board of education honored its first-quarter 99% winners at a school board meeting Oct. 20. Students are chosen on the basis of grades, attendance, good behavior and not having received other recognition.
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Who gets hired to do bond projects?
Wichita school district residents will vote Tuesday on a $370 million bond issue to build new schools, renovate existing schools, expand technical education programs and upgrade athletic and fine-arts facilities.
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Students' robots perform as spectators root, roar
Most of the kids who competed in Saturday's BEST robotics competition at Wichita State University will never make a game-winning touchdown or a basket at the buzzer.
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Andover school gets 'threatening' call
Parents of students at Martin Elementary School in Andover will receive a letter today explaining why the school was put on lock-down for about an hour Thursday, a district official said.
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Wichita schools help students make their mark at the polls
Northwest High School senior Jessica Hardy did for the first time on Wednesday something she said her mother never has done -- she voted. Hardy was one of two dozen students of voting age bused from the high school to the Sedgwick County Zoo to vote in advance.
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Reading program faces funding cuts
The Reading First program has helped students in Wichita's highest-poverty elementary schools significantly improve their reading skills and helped reading scores rise districtwide, a school official said.
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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
The Health and Wellness Coalition of Wichita has announced winners of its Healthy Youth Award picture and essay contest. First-place winners received $100 gift cards; second place, $75 cards; and third place, $50 cards. Winners are from Wichita unless indicated.
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Bond issue challenged in ways it wasn't in '00
Wichita school officials figured they had a solid strategy for bond issue victory: Follow the blueprint for the district's last successful bond issue in 2000.
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2000 bond issue led to 95 finished projects
The Wichita school district delivered on the promises of the $284.5 million bond issue voters approved in 2000, bond supporters and opponents say.
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What is capital outlay fund?
Wichita school district residents will vote Nov. 4 on a $370 million bond issue to build new schools, renovate existing schools, expand technical education programs and upgrade athletic and fine arts facilities.
