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- Baldwin board, council oppose proposed changes to local elections
- February 17, 2015
- The Baldwin school board and Baldwin City Council have added their voices to the list of municipalities and school boards publicly opposing proposed changes to local elections. Bills were introduced in the Kansas House and Senate this session that would move the date of city and school board elections, which are now held in April of odd-numbered years.
- Four possible parking lot sites near BJHS/BHS campus reviewed
- February 17, 2015
- The Baldwin school board was given several options to consider Monday should it want to increase parking at the Baldwin junior high and high school campus. Superintendent Paul Dorathy said the discussion of parking lot options developed from the board’s ongoing update of the district’s facility plan, which will define the future needs and uses of USD 348 buildings and properties.
- Baldwin board asks for spending cuts to help cover slash in state funding
- February 17, 2015
- The Baldwin school board directed administration Monday to find cuts to approved spending to help address the Kansas Legislature’s reduction of current year K-12 education funding. Baldwin Superintendent Paul Dorathy and district financial director Cynde Frick told the board that the Legislature reduced current K-12 funding in response to the state’s $344 million 2015 fiscal year revenue shortfall. The adjustment would cost the Baldwin district $75,000.
- Baldwin USD 348 Feb. 16 school board agenda
- February 10, 2015
- BALDWIN CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 348 6:30 p.m., Feb. 16, Elementary Primary Center 500 Lawrence Street
- Quick-thinking school bus driver, neighbor save rural Baldwin City home
- January 29, 2015
- School bus drivers are often asked to take on the duties of nurses, confidants and disciplinarians in the course of driving their routes. Thursday morning, Tammy Ritter, a bus driver with the Baldwin City school district, took on another role — that of firefighter.
- One Baldwin school board seat to be contested this spring
- January 27, 2015
- With the terms of four Baldwin school board members set to expire at the send of their terms on July 1, there was the chance before Tuesday’s filing deadline that the board might soon look very different. Short of successful write-in campaigns, that won’t happen. Two incumbent board members who chose to stand for re-election, Nick Harris in District 1, Position 1 and Sandy Chapman in District 2, Position 2, will be unopposed on the April 7 general election ballot. First-time board candidate Kelley Bethell-Smith will also be unopposed for the board’s at-large seat Sheryl Gill currently holds.
- Depression, mental health theme of this year’s Baldwin High School diversity day
- January 27, 2015
- Baldwin High School senior Kassadie Burton knows what it is like to be different. She’s the starting pitcher for the Baldwin High School softball team, the manager for the football team, a member of numerous clubs and usually upbeat and fun-loving in public, Burton said. But she said there was another side to the outward appearance she presented the world.
- Baldwin fourth-grade teammates serious about science fair
- January 26, 2015
- Fourth-grader Alex Gere’s immediate response after learning the date of this year’s Baldwin Elementary School Science Fair reveals her serious approach to the event. “The first thing I did was Google ‘science fair winners,’” she said.
- Official candidates scarce for Baldwin City Council, school board as filing deadline looms
- January 21, 2015
- Although a number of incumbents have indicated their intent to seek re-election, the only candidate to date to file for the Baldwin City Council or Baldwin school board does not currently hold public office.
- Baldwin school board agrees to sell Vinland for high bid of $301,000
- January 20, 2015
- After opening four sealed bids, the Baldwin school board voted unanimously Tuesday to sell the closed Vinland Elementary School to Darren Flory for $301,000.
- Baldwin USD 348 agenda for Tuesday, Jan. 20
- January 16, 2015
- Meeting moved to Tuesday for MLK Jr. Day
- Baldwin superintendent says additional won’t flow immediately from court ruling on education funding
- January 6, 2015
- Despite last week’s court ruling finding the state’s K-12 education funding constitutionally inadequate, Baldwin USD 348 Superintendent Paul Dorathy doesn’t expect to see additional money coming the district’s way soon.
- Board delays sale of Vinland Elementary after patrons voice concerns
- January 6, 2015
- After listening to four district patrons, the Baldwin school board agreed Monday to reopen the sealed bid process for the purchase of Vinland Elementary School with an invitation to all interested parties to bid on the property by noon Jan. 19.
- Kansas court orders more state spending on schools
- December 30, 2014
- A state district court panel has ruled that Kansas isn’t spending enough money on its public schools to provide a suitable education for every child.
- Majority of council, board seats to be up for grabs this spring
- December 29, 2014
- It could be an interesting first three months of 2015 in local politics with the majority of seats on both the Baldwin City Council and the Baldwin USD 348 Board of Education up for grabs. Just how interesting will be revealed in the next four weeks.
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