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- The only choice
- February 9, 2010
- If you move from living within a large city, San Francisco or the Hyde Park area of Chicago, Hillcrest Elementary School is the only choice for an elementary school if you are looking for international diversity.
- Tax acceptance
- February 9, 2010
- In her Feb. 5 letter, Anne Miller states: “Everyone wants to keep their neighborhood school, and no one wants change. No one wants to have their taxes increased to pay for this.” I must respectfully disagree.
- Money talks
- February 9, 2010
- We know what gets in the way. For a Congress elected every two years, campaigning never stops. Campaigns cost money, and money comes with strings attached. It is simple: If you want to know how the congressman will vote, check
- Desperate Haiti
- February 7, 2010
- In defense of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children in Haiti, I would like to state the following. As director emeritus of Kansas University’s Institute of Haitian Studies, I speak from experience of some 50 years in Haiti, with stays of from three weeks to six months.
- The big race
- February 7, 2010
- It’s not about efficiency; it’s about winning. That’s the strategy with top fuel racing. Burning fuel at 100 gallons per minute wins the race. You could drop a Prius drivetrain into your dragster and dramatically improve efficiency, but you’d lose.
- School vision
- February 7, 2010
- The number crunchers have been talking about how much money could be saved per student if Cordley and New York elementary schools were closed. How about the economic impact to our fair city? We are constantly trying to attract new businesses. Are we going to tell them that the neighborhoods with the most affordable housing no longer have neighborhood schools due to a lack of long-term vision by our school board?
- Climate shifts
- February 6, 2010
- It’s difficult to be precise within the 250-word limit in a letter to the editor. The point of my previous letter (Public Forum, Jan. 26) was about human impact on climate, but my reference to the ancient Roman and Mayan civilizations appears to have confused the issue.
- Get creative
- February 6, 2010
- Wednesday’s paper fulfilled my irony requirement for the day. Professor Budig’s statements touted flexible higher education meeting personal and businesses’ economic needs, but stood in stark contrast to the story on the mismanaged economic disaster of our public school system. Kansas, locally and statewide, is facing painful decision making that will shape our education, businesses and economy for generations.
- Cut the days
- February 6, 2010
- Here’s an idea. Figure out what it costs per day to provide a quality education for the children of Lawrence.
- Board support
- February 5, 2010
- The school board has some very difficult and painful decisions regarding the outlined cuts to public schools in the range of $4 million to $5 million for next year. Everyone wants to keep their neighborhood school, and no one wants change. No one wants to have their taxes increased to pay for this. We cannot have it both ways.
- Mismanaged?
- February 5, 2010
- Word on the street in the state capital sounds like this: “We feel we have been generous to Kansas school district funding. We feel the monies have been mismanaged.” That’s the word, like it or not.
- Tax accountability
- February 4, 2010
- Sustainable, definition: meeting needs for an indefinite period of time without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It’s time we put “sustainability” into government. It’s sure not there now.
- Reform not dead
- February 4, 2010
- To the editor: In response to Dr. Steven Bruner’s letter (Public Forum, Jan. 29), I would first like to say I don’t agree with the “Sunday morning pundits” that health care reform is dead. Overwhelming percentages of Americans disapprove of the current version of reform, but given today’s political landscape it would not surprise me to see the administration attempt to impose their will anyway.
- Invest in schools
- February 4, 2010
- To the editor: Instead of closing our schools, let’s reinvest in them. Instead of consolidating schools in order to attain a “financial efficiency,” let’s retain our neighborhood schools as a commitment to educational efficiency.
- Admission fee
- February 4, 2010
- My wife and I went to the Lawrence Home Show last Friday evening and arrived just as the wind was starting to swirl the snow around us. After we found a parking place and went inside we were surprised to find a sign that said “Admittance $5.”
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