Wichita district to change way elementary students get lunch
Wichita elementary schools this fall will change the way they serve lunches, giving students more choices about what goes on their trays.
Kansas universities and colleges are beginning to come to grips with what they are calling “devastating” budget cuts imposed by the state Legislature.
Wichita elementary schools this fall will change the way they serve lunches, giving students more choices about what goes on their trays.
The state budget hasn’t been signed yet, but some officials – including the governor and Senate president – already are planning a bid to restore at least some of the money Kansas universities lost to this year’s cuts.
The most important thing to take with you to enroll your child in Wichita schools next month?
John Bardo has had better days. Thursday ranked high as bad days go for Bardo and for students at Wichita State University.
Education and budget politics got tangled as the Kansas Legislature inched toward bringing its 2013 session to an end.
Wichita schools sustained about $2 million damage from wind and hail during a storm that swept through the city Sunday, district officials said.
Those whoops of joy you heard emanating from Wichita school buildings Wednesday?
The Eagle recently filed a Kansas Open Records Act request for information about total compensation paid to Wichita school district administrators.
The Wichita school district has cut dozens of administrative positions in recent years, but part of the savings has gone toward higher pay for some remaining administrators.
A meeting of Wichita Independent Neighborhoods on Monday will include information and discussion about Southeast High School.
The Wichita school district has announced leadership changes for next school year, including new principals at Northwest High School, Northeast Magnet High and more than a dozen other schools.
Wichita students will head home for summer break soon, but many school cafeterias and other sites will continue to serve meals to hungry children.
Republican budget negotiators said they’ll consider a move to block any money that would be spent to implement Common Core standards for reading and math or Next Generation Science Standards in Kansas’ public schools.
Members of the public toured Southeast High School on Monday as part of district leaders’ effort to gather input about whether they should renovate and expand the school, build one or both.
John Castellaw adjusted his cap and gown Saturday evening at Charles Koch Arena. Within a few hours, he’d be a high school graduate.
Competing against nearly 300 students from 51 middle and high schools across Kansas, several Wichita-area students qualified to advance to the National History Day competition in June.
That new residence hall that John Bardo promised soon after becoming president of Wichita State University last year will start construction this month, WSU officials announced Thursday.
Just as students at Pray-Woodman Elementary in Maize have lessons in reading, math, science and P.E., they learn what it means to be a good person.
Wichita superintendent John Allison wants to beef up school security by installing new high-definition cameras, computers, keyless-entry doors, a revamped dispatch center and more.