Catawba Countyâs three school districts have received about $63.4 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding over the past year. With the latest money, the school districts are focusing on making up for learning loss this year, social and emotional learning and mental health support.
Leaders from Hickory Public Schools, Catawba County Schools and Newton-Conover City Schools informed the Catawba County Board of Commissioners about their intended uses for the money at Mondayâs board meeting. The school systems received three allotments of money from the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The first round, amounting to $4.1 million between the three districts, must be used by December 2022. The second round, $18.3 million between the districts, must be used by December 2023. The final round, amounting to $41 million for all three districts, must be used by December 2024.
With Wichita FOP contract up for negotiation, some call for open discipline records Megan Stringer, The Wichita Eagle
Apr. 4 In August 2019, a Wichita police officer stopped a man for not signaling a turn into his driveway, according to a complaint the man filed. When he didn t get back inside his car as asked by police, he said the officers kicked and hit him and took him into custody.
Members of the Wichita Citizen s Review Board discussed this and other complaints about police in closed session meetings. Officer disciplinary records are confidential and not open to the public, as specified in the union contract between the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 and the City of Wichita.