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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. USD 428 notebook: Potential dropouts should know the value of a diploma COVID-19 has delayed school progress
Students who plan to drop out of high school will hear just how much that could cost them in future income, thanks to a new form recommended by the Kansas Association of School Boards.
Kansas law KSA 72-3120 outlines exemptions to compulsory school attendance. Students are expected to stay in high school until they are 18 years old or have attained a high school diploma or general educational development (GED) credential. However, they can drop out at age 16 or 17 once the student and parent attend a final counseling session to encourage the student to remain in school or pursue educational alternatives and a waiver is signed.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Great Bend considers virtual school Plan could be submitted to state in February Director of Teaching and Learning Tricia Reiser
Now that a number of Great Bend USD 428 students are attending their classes online, a committee is looking into creating a virtual school for grades 6-12 that would continue past the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assistant Superintendent John Popp and Director of Teaching and Learning Tricia Reiser discussed the idea at last Monday’s school board meeting.
“We sincerely believe that our kids are best off at school, and with the announcement of vaccines coming there’s a light at the end of the tunnel,” Popp said. “We want kids on-site; I will say that.”
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. More than 30 GBHS students in quarantine School board deals with COVID-19 School board member Don Williams, left, looks at a draft of next year s Great Bend High School Plan of Studies during Monday night s USD 428 Board of Education meeting. The board approved the plan for publication. Changes include the addition of a two-semester Stagecraft Class in Fine Arts and removing the ACT/College & Career Planning Academy class from the program of studies for juniors. Also pictured is Assistant Superintendent John Popp.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Marshall donates books as he moves from House to Senate USD 428 Board of Education meeting at a Glance, Dec. 14, 2020 Laina Marshall, left, on behalf of Senator-Elect Roger Marshall, delivered five autographed copies of House Mouse, Senate Mouse for each elementary library. Also pictured, Andrea Bauer, USD 428 public information director.
Senator-elect Dr. Roger Marshall has signed and donated five early reader books, titled “House Mouse, Senate Mouse,” to Great Bend USD 428 – one copy for each of the district’s five elementary schools. Marshall’s wife, Laina Marshall, recently delivered the books, said USD 428 Public Information Director Andrea Bauer. The donation was one of several contributions approved at Monday’s USD 428 Board of Educat
Monday, 14 December 2020 06:59 | Written by Samuel Gerber
Credit Suisse Puts Fund Arm Under Sharper Focus
finews.com on Credit Suisse s new plan of attack.
Eric Varvel
(pictured below) is up: the 30-year American veteran of Credit Suisse is due to bring investors up to date at an event on Tuesday. CEO
Thomas Gottstein ordered a strategy review of the 438.5 billion Swiss francs ($492 billion) unit several months ago.
Gottstein, who took the job ten months ago, is expected to deepen his predecessor s 2015 strategy: more wealth management and digitization, less investment banking – which may include binding limits for risk-taking. He is also poised to outline Switzerland s second-largest bank plans in money management.