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Six school districts in Kansas will close early this year, following budget cuts signed in March by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
Two school districts, Concordia Unified School District and Twin Valley Unified School District, announced earlier this month that they would end the year early because they lacked the funds to keep the schools open. This week, four more districts confirmed they would also shorten their calendars, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
The four newly reported closings are in the unified school districts of Smoky Valley, Haven, Skyline and Shawnee Heights. The Capital-Journal reports that most Kansas schools already exceed the required minimum number of school days, so they can afford to cut a few days without violating state law.
Still, the decision to cut days was a painful one for school districts, judging from an announcement posted by the Twin Valley school board in late March, just days after Brownback signed a bill cutting $51 million in school funding for the current year. "The Twin Valley Board of Education made a difficult decision and has approved a change in the last day of school," the board wrote. "This decision was based on the financial plight of the district. The district has few fiscal reserves to endure the present mid year unplanned financial cuts recently signed into law."
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It seems Kansas didn't have many snow days this year so they had some extra days. What will they do next year if they need the snow days?
BigDemVoter
(4,154 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Or do they just not care
pipoman
(16,038 posts)This isn't unheard of in Kansas or Nebraska. The call for the last day is usually made before now, but on mild winters I have seen the last day adjustment the first part of march. That said brownback is an albatross on the neck of Kansans. He has cut medicaid reimbursement and bankrupted more than just schools...hospitals and nursing homes too...
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the Krotch Bros are just a smiling. Don't need them educations.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Gosh, just makes you want to look for a job in Wichita, and move your family there, doesn't it??