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Sharlene Ramsey, elementary school principal at USD 306 Southeast of Saline, explains how budget cuts have affected the district.
Sharlene Ramsey, elementary school principal at USD 306 Southeast of Saline, explains how budget cuts have affected the district.
Record Crowd Attends SHESC Legislative Lunch
A record crowd of more than 125 people attended SHESC's annual
legislative lunch on December 11, 2009 to hear eight of Kansas'
elected officials discuss educational issues. In a change in
format from recent years, legislators and state school board
members also heard presentations from Smoky Hill member districts.
Administrators, teachers, school board members, and patrons
from USD 272 Waconda and USD 306 Southeast of Saline, explained how
the budget cuts implemented by the state government in the last
year have affected their districts.
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Representative Don Svaty encourages the audience to get more involved politically because "We've allowed this state to drift."
Representative Don Svaty encourages the audience to get more involved politically because "We've allowed this state to drift."
Participants included Don Svaty, Eber Phelps, Tom
Moxley, Clay Aurand, Dan Johnson, Deena Horst, and Vern Swanson
from the Kansas House of Representatives; and Kathy Martin from the
Kansas State Board of Education. Steve Howe from U.S.
Representative Jerry Moran's office attended as well. No
Kansas state senators attended.
Following the school district presentations, each elected state
official provided information on questions that were compiled
during various meetings of school administrators throughout the
fall semester. Members of the audience also had the
opportunity to ask the panel to address other questions as well.
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Representative Eber Phelps shares his thoughts on revenue generating measures during the question and answer session.
Representative Eber Phelps shares his thoughts on revenue generating measures during the question and answer session.
Podcasts of the legislative lunch are available below.
There are several video versions as well as an audio only
version. Please keep in mind that the sizes of the files will
affect the time required to download them.
Legislative
Lunch Podcast (Audio Only) (116 MB)
Legislative
Lunch Video WMV Format (330 MB)
Legislative
Lunch Video WMV Format (147 MB)
