Archive for Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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BLHS principal asks to add more honors courses
By Matt Erickson
November 8, 2010
Future Basehor-Linwood High School students seeking a challenge may have more honors courses to choose from — and students may have more incentive to enroll in those tougher courses.

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Kansas schools facing $50 million budget shortfall
Further cuts could be required if federal money is not replaced
By Scott Rothschild
November 9, 2010
Education officials on Tuesday said more budget cuts are possible this school year because of the state’s continued fiscal problems, and even deeper cuts could follow that because of the loss of federal stimulus dollars.
91st Veterans Day Parade will be Thursday
Mirror Staff Reports
November 9, 2010
Leavenworth again will be the site for the nation’s oldest regional Veterans Day observance. The Leavenworth Veterans Day Parade will start at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in downtown Leavenworth.
County Administrator job to stay in place
By Matt Erickson
November 9, 2010
In the end, the Leavenworth County Commission decided to call a spade a spade — or call an administrator an administrator, as the case may be.