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Speaking Out

glennis very well put

March 10, 2010 at 7 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Hartford wants to add Olpe students

Yes we have no money to run the school, contact your legislator it has nothing to do with the board or the superintendent. These people have, and do work very hard for not much reward take time and thank them ALL for their efforts. Please don't verbally attack them we can dissagree but do so with respect. If we focused on finding answers to the problem instead of just complaining we could all win somehow. Clearly alot of passion lets find answers and ideas.

March 9, 2010 at 5:38 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Hartford wants to add Olpe students

Sweet shot you don't have one fact right people like you are the problem. You can build onto Hartford closing Neosho Rapids would save far more then 20,000. Olpe does no longer have two counselors. What was done in the sixtys can be changed Neosho Rapids already has one vacate grade school building. Gas will be at four dollars a gallon again how can anyone expect either side to bear all of that burden. Extended days for either sides children is terrible. Lets find a solution together I can't figure out what option 3 people want bigger school to house their kids, we can do that together. But it really sounds like its ok to change just not in my backyard.

March 6, 2010 at 11:12 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Hartford wants to add Olpe students

All I keep seeing from the option 3 lovers that its all about fair this isn"t about fair no one wants to see any school close . But if its all about fair I say again Olpe is K-12 why isn't Hartford? It would keep families together and save both High Schools. Maybe we should close Neosho Rapids move them to Hartford and you can send your high school kids to Olpe after all they get everything. Both schools will be losing teachers truely ashame. Argabright didn't do this the school board didn't do it. The next time someone is running for office and they say they are all for education hold them to it. Please don't make this us against them we all will be taking our kids elsewhere. It is possible to add a wing every school I see has some temporary class rooms added on maybe we could do that for a couple of years while the wing is put on. This is not the time for us against them lets come together to save the schools. And yes I'm not Tell Kirk.....................

March 5, 2010 at 6:16 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Hartford wants to add Olpe students

Olpe has a K-12 why is Hartford so against it ? Seems like thats the only way to save that district.

March 5, 2010 at 7:14 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Not neighborly

Wow thats to bad that your such a victim try not parking in front of the service door.

February 16, 2010 at 3:43 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Admire School to close

What a great message our legislators are sending our children. Education is important as long as it does'nt cost anything. They are creating thousands of jobs to be cut not to mention hurting higher education. Why would kids want to go to college in Emporia to be teachers when this is the message our government is sending? While our state spends two hundred million on remodeling our capital.

February 9, 2010 at 10:42 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

None

I believe we need the RDA but its time for new leadership.There are no more jobs in our town today than when the RDA began. Clearly it needs to be restructured,to many groups are over seeing it. Its time for results not meetings. I realize every community is fighting for the same industry, we need to start winning! Heermann's had his run lets see if we can get someone more aggressive.

February 4, 2010 at 12:11 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Briggs ready for a second term

I think Mr Briggs has done a good job for the most part but I have called him several times and left messages at the courthouse, he has never returned a call.

February 1, 2010 at 3:55 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Project may be re-bid

I will save the school district one million pay me 50,000 per year for the next 12 years and I'll mow the current field savings 1 mil
by then the turf would need replaced any way.

November 6, 2009 at 8:33 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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