Caney Valley High School’s FFA livestock judging team will be competing at the Arizona National Livestock Show in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 30.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

CANEY — USD 436 schools will be open to out-of-district students for the 2010-11 school year due to a unanimous vote by the USD 436 Board of Education Monday.

School board members agreed with a recommendation from Superintendent Danny Fulton to keep the district’s doors open to out-district students based on availability in the classroom and also on previous academic and classroom behavior.

Board members Mark Artherton, David Deal, Robert Hawthorne, Suellen Holtzman, Debbie Morrison and Darlene Sanders voted to maintain the out-district policy. Board member  Jack Kopfman was absent from Monday’s monthly school board meeting.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

A Kansas Legislature audit report concerning consolidation of Kansas school districts as a cost-savings measure is generating ample comments in school board offices and in the state capitol this week.

The report, issued late Monday by the Legislative Post Audit Committee, was requested to determine the cost savings that could be derived if more Kansas public school districts were to consolidate or merge.  Lawmakers emphasize that the report is not a proposed plan, nor even a specific legislative bill; the audit report is merely a guide to examine for future discussions.
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