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By Shawn Linenberger
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April 4, 2018
- The Tonganoxie school board will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at the TES library.
Agenda items: approve Brsuven’s resignation, elect a vice president approve agenda, decide whether to approve purchase of 21 desktop computers for the Tonganoxie High School lab and publish notice of vacancy of Brusven’s position.
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March 28, 2018
- Tonganoxie USD 464 is having a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Tonganoxie Elementary Library to appoint its newest board member.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 7, 2018
- Tiffany Parker had been pitching an idea to others in the Tonganoxie school district that might help protect students in the event of an active shooter.
A few days later, the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 shook the nation.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 1, 2018
- Area youths still have some time to get their dodgeball teams together for a big tournament in late March.
Tonganoxie High School’s Project Grad again is sponsoring the Tonganoxie Community Dodgeball Tournament on March 31 at the THS east gymnasium.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 28, 2018
- The school board approved the donation of two iMacs from the University of Kansas at its Feb. 22 special meeting.
The donated iMacs will be used to replace two older iMacs in the Mac Lab at Tonganoxie High School. The donated items are in good working order. No costs will be associated with the installation of the computers, according to school officials.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 28, 2018
- Tonganoxie USD 464 students will attend classes March 16 due to the district running out of allotted snow days built into the school calendar.
The district must make up one day, so students will attend classes that day. It originally was a teacher work day.
has used up its allotted snow days built into the school calendar.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 28, 2018
- Residents in the Tonganoxie USD 464 school district still can apply for the open candidate position on the school board.
The notice of vacancy first was published Feb. 21 in The Mirror’s legal listings. The open period for accepting candidate applications is 15 days from that first publication.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 28, 2018
- The Kansas Association of School Boards will conduct the search for Tonganoxie’s next school district superintendent.
The school board voted, 4-1, to hire KASB to do the search.
Board members made the decision at a special meeting Wednesday, Feb. 28. Kaija Baldock cast the lone dissenting vote. Board President Amelia Brusven was absent.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 28, 2018
- Steve Harrell, Tonganoxie High School forensics and debate coach, has been selected as recipient of the 2017-18 National Federation of State High School Associations Outstanding Speech/Debate/Theatre Educator Award for Kansas.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 22, 2018
- The Tonganoxie USD 464 board is expected to select a search firm for its new superintendent, though the meeting originally was set for this past Friday, but it was moved to 6 p.m. today because of scheduling conflicts.
Board members will hear from Kansas Association of School Boards, as well as McPherson and Jacobson.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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February 20, 2018
- Tonganoxie USD 464 will not have classes today, Feb. 20.
School officials canceled due to icy conditions.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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11:32 a.m., February 14, 2018 Updated 06:53 a.m.
- The Tonganoxie USD 464 board will select a search firm for its new superintendent.
Board members will meet at 6 p.m. Friday to hear from the Kansas Association of School Boards and McPherson and Jacobson.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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January 30, 2018
- The search for a new Tonganoxie USD 464 superintendent continues while a board member resigns from his post.
During a special meeting Monday, the board interviewed interim superintendent Tonya Phillips for the position.
But after executive session, a series of motions eventually led to a divided board approving a candidate search.
The board interviewed Phillips for 75 minutes during the closed-door meeting. Board Member Amelia Brusven participated in the executive session via teleconference.
The board then met for another 25 minutes in executive session without Phillips.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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January 26, 2018
- Tonya Phillips will be interviewing for the Tonganoxie USD 464 superintendent position after all.
A special meeting has been called for 6 p.m. this coming Monday to interview Phillips, the current interim superintendent.
The board met Tuesday in a special meeting to craft interview questions for Phillips, as she initially was to be interviewed Wednesday for the position.
But the meeting was canceled earlier that day because Phillips had withdrawn her name from consideration for the post.
