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The USD 231 board of education approved a $12,000 contract with Chris Gralapp for demographic and enrollment services during a board meeting on May 6.
Gralapp will be charged with projecting preliminary enrollment numbers for all school buildings, drafting 5-year …
The Spring Hill School District is one of five in Kansas to be listed among the 2013 Best Communities for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). The designation recognizes schools or districts that preserve music programs …
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
Attempts to resolve a school funding lawsuit against the state of Kansas fell short last week. According to a mediation status report filed by the parties May 1, mediation “was unsuccessful.”
Gov. Sam Brownback and Attorney General …
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
Kansas schools will be evaluated differently next year, Christy Ziegler, executive director of educational services, told board members on Monday night.
She presented USD 231 data for state assessment tests. The preliminary data shows that students in …
The Gardner News is set to run its graduation edition featuring graduating seniors from Gardner Edgerton High School and Spring Hill High School.
USD 231 is requiring written permission from the photographers of all GEHS graduating seniors. To date, newspaper …
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
School board members accepted the resignation of Superintendent Bill Gilhaus during a board meeting May 6. His retirement is effective at the end of this school year.
The resignation will be short-lived however.
During the same meeting, …
Gardner Edgerton High School’s latest production, “Fools” opens tonight at 7 p.m. at the GEHS Auditorium. The curtain will rise on a second production at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 3 in the auditorium. Tickets are available at the door …
Gardner Edgerton High School ranks 1,908 out of more than 21,000 high schools nationwide, according to U.S. News and World Report. Among Kansas’ 369 public, charter and magnet schools, GEHS ranks no. 6.
The five state schools ranked ahead of …
Baker University student and Gardner Edgerton High School graduate Lauren Bechard earned a second place for column writing in the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press awards for four-year private colleges.
Bechard’s column appeared in the Baker Orange, the university’s student newspaper.…
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
School board members adopted changes to the policy that governs the school board, known as “Board Policy 1000 Board of Education.”
The previous policy was only viewable during business hours via a printed book in the administration …
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