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By Elvyn Jones
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September 15, 2015
- United Way of Douglas County is taking a fresh approach this year for its annual fall campaign.
Colleen Gregoire, United Way of Douglas County vice president and campaign manager, said instead of shooting for a particular dollar goal, the goal of the 2015 campaign, which kicked off Sept. 2, was to increase donors and volunteerism. Locally, the goal is to increase the number of Baldwin City’s donors by 25 percent from 136 contributors to 170.
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By Elvyn Jones
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September 15, 2015
- Students in first-year Baldwin High School teacher Andrew Ising’s biology I and college biology classes got word Monday their studies are going to get more interesting.
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By Elvyn Jones
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September 15, 2015
- The message on scientific inquiry she shared with second-graders in Stephanie Ramirez’s classroom Monday at Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center had special meaning to Sharon Bertolio.
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By Elvyn Jones
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September 8, 2015
- Orchard Lane’s oldest apartment building is brighter, more accessible and, most importantly, safer after $500,000 worth of renovations just now wrapping up.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 31, 2015
- In a reversal of a longtime trend, Baldwin High School Class of 2015 seniors scored below their peers statewide on the ACT college entrance exam.
Baldwin Superintendent Paul Dorathy said the district witnessed a “significant drop” on the ACT. The BHS Class of 2015’s composite average score on the test was 21.6 of a possible 36.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 24, 2015
- New things happening inside the Rainbow Experience Preschool started with the installation last spring of playground equipment in its back yard.
Chelsea Bradbury, Rainbow director, said when the nonprofit preschool began its year last week in conjunction with the start of Baldwin school district’s academic year, it offered an all-day option for the first time.
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August 17, 2015
- Note: Board meeting starts at 7:45 p.m. rather than the normal 6:30 p.m. The 2015-2016 budget hearing is scheduled for 8 p.m.
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August 5, 2015
- Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center and Baker University have each received a $1,250 LMH Summer Spray 5K Community Wellness Grant. Funded by proceeds from the 2014 LMH Summer Spray 5K Run/Walk Series, these grants complete the three awarded by Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association in the series host communities of Eudora, Tonganoxie and Baldwin City.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 5, 2015
- For the nine teacher new hires to the Baldwin district, the school year started Monday.
The district had its two-day new teacher orientation Monday and Tuesday for seven new district faculty members and two new teachers with the East Central Kansas Cooperative of Education.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 4, 2015
- The Baldwin school district agreed Monday to publish a proposed 2015-2016 budget that would maintain the district’s current property tax levy of 65.704 mills.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 3, 2015
- City Council approves 2016 budget
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July 28, 2015
- If Baldwin school district taxpayers want a hint of how Monday’s Baldwin school board budget discussion may go, they need look no further than the school district to the north.
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July 27, 2015
- Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at the district office, 715 Chapel St.
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By Elvyn Jones
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July 21, 2015
- The Baldwin City Council awarded Monday a contract to Killough Construction of Ottawa to construct a mixed-use trail from 11th Street to existing sidewalk at the Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center.