Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2016 4:05:41 GMT -6
Kansas school district consolidation hearing draws impassioned pleas
Opponents of a measure that would consolidate school districts packed a House committee meeting Wednesday, offering impassioned testimony against it.
Rep. John Bradford, R-Lansing, defended his bill against critics, saying it wouldn’t lead to the effects that patrons of rural and small districts fear.
“It does not close schools, it does not affect teachers, nor does it fire principals,” Bradford said. “It does not sell school buses, it does not change any boundaries except by the State Board, it does not affect any students, it does not kill any mascots, it does not affect the football teams and it does not increase any time that students ride the school buses.”
But the audience burst into applause when a board member from a small western Kansas district — the 113-student Palco USD 269 — suggested Bradford was wrong, rattling his list back at him and declaring every one of the effects would come to pass.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-03/kansas-school-district-consolidation-hearing-draws-impassioned-pleas
Opponents of a measure that would consolidate school districts packed a House committee meeting Wednesday, offering impassioned testimony against it.
Rep. John Bradford, R-Lansing, defended his bill against critics, saying it wouldn’t lead to the effects that patrons of rural and small districts fear.
“It does not close schools, it does not affect teachers, nor does it fire principals,” Bradford said. “It does not sell school buses, it does not change any boundaries except by the State Board, it does not affect any students, it does not kill any mascots, it does not affect the football teams and it does not increase any time that students ride the school buses.”
But the audience burst into applause when a board member from a small western Kansas district — the 113-student Palco USD 269 — suggested Bradford was wrong, rattling his list back at him and declaring every one of the effects would come to pass.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-03/kansas-school-district-consolidation-hearing-draws-impassioned-pleas