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When Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced his plan to cut the states education budget, criticisms arose from all across the country. The track record that they have had showed that the district weathered pretty good the last round of cuts. To have an education system wholesale turned upside down, I don’t think that would happen.” Principal Ed West said.

Governor Sam Brownback introduces plan to cut school funding

Kenneth Palmer, Copy Editor March 6, 2015

A MoveOn Petition to “Recall Sam Brownback” with upwards of 30,000 signatures from all over the country, a New York Times article questioning the state’s financial plan and plenty of other national...

To the Freshman….

amani safadi, managing editor August 26, 2011

For many seniors this isn’t the way they imagined their senior year would start. They may feel the freshman are ruining their senior year; a year that is supposed to be the best year of their lives. What...

“It takes a lot of numbers to add up to four million.”

ryan loecker February 17, 2010

Even though we are already seeing some effects of budget cuts, "The worst of the decisions are being made now, but the impact won't be felt until next year," according to principal West. While the board...

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