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Graduation details
Next Saturday is going to be a busy day in Garden City and Holcomb. Garden City High School, Garden City Community College and Holcomb High School are all holding their graduation ceremonies on that day. Below are the particulars.
Garden City High School
The Garden City High School baccalaureate ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. May 15 in Clifford Hope Auditorium, 1412 N. Main St. This will be the start of a day of celebration for the commencement exercises that will be held that evening.
Commencement exercises for the 123rd Garden City High School Senior Class will take place at 7 p.m., May 15 in Memorial Stadium on the campus of Garden City High School, 1412 N. Main St. The GCHS administration is requesting that guests do not bring air horns or other noise making devises to distract from the graduation ceremony.
The graduating seniors are being asked to follow a few guidelines to make their final experience at Garden City High School a dignified and memorable occasion. The guidelines for seniors include:
- Dress will be semiformal or business casual. (No shorts, tank tops, etc.)
- Shoes or sandals are required. There are to be no beach flip-flops.
- Do not bring purses and/or bags. All unnecessary items will be collected and locked in the principals’ office and can be picked up on May 17.
- Please do not bring cell phones. They will not be allowed during the ceremony.
Guests are asked to enter the stadium and to be seated in the grandstands. The audience is asked not to move from their places unless they are leaving. The graduation ceremony will also be broadcast live on Buffalo Broadcasting System cable channel 21.
Project Graduation will take place at the YMCA, 1224 Center St., May 15, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Project Graduation is a safe, positive night-long festivity that keeps graduates from participating in risky and dangerous behaviors such as parties that may allow alcohol consumption.
Garden City Community College
The GCCC Commencement, honoring associate degree, certificate and GED graduates, is set for 10 a.m. May 15 in the main gymnasium at Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex.
Holcomb High School
Holcomb High School will hold its graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. May 15 in the high school gymnasium.
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It’s a busy time to be an education reporter.
In case you missed it, I’ve been busy this week attending meetings at USD 457 concerning budget cuts. Here are stories from Tuesday and Wednesday’s Telegram.
Also related to budget cuts: I get email updates from the Kansas Association of School Boards, often telling me about legislative updates in Topeka.
This information sparked my interest because it came up when I was reporting on the above stories this week. The bill would allow school boards to move the date in which they are required to notify staff that their contracts won’t be renewed.
Superintendents I’ve talked with think more cuts in state aid are coming. Is the state preparing for more cuts in the months to come?
From KASB:
The House Education Budget Committee held a hearing Tuesday afternoon on SB 362, which would allow school boards, by resolution, to move the date from May 1 to June 1, they are required to notify teacher and administrators that their contracts will not be renewed. The date for employees to inform school boards whether they wish to remain under contract would be moved from May 15 to June 15. If boards take no action, they remain under the May 1 and May 15 dates.
KASB testified in favor of the bill, which reflects a resolution adopted by the KASB Delegate Assembly in December calling for more flexibility in the notice date. The bill was also supported by the United School Administrators and lobbyists for the Blue Valley USD 229 and Wichita USA 259 school districts. However, the bill was opposed by the Kansas National Education Association. KNEA’s opposition means the state teachers’ association is opposing a bill which supporters say is primarily designed to benefit teachers.