Chapman Kansas
Today in a special school board meeting in USD 473 in Chapman, the board voted over a month after the fact to approve the “retention bonuses” given in Chapman on June 30. Today’s vote to give out these checks on June 30th was 4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstention.
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Members of the Unified School School District 473 Board of Education are likely to hear many questions from patrons at the next USD 473 Board meeting in Chapman on August 10.
Chapman USD 473 patrons will have questions about recent bonus checks that total $167,000 and the increases in next year’s budget at a time other [...]
Today’s Salina Journal has a good article explaining Chapman bond issue on ballot Tuesday:
“restoring the schools won’t come cheap. On Tuesday, Chapman School District voters will decide whether to approve issuing $8.2 million in bonds, the amount needed to supplement expected federal disaster funding for the $75 million project” …
“The combined space [...]
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The online Financial Information for the USD 473 Bond Election shows the site plans for the new Chapman school buildings, including the site plan for the proposed Chapman Elementary School (shown at the left), with its distinctive geometry.
A PDF file found on the Salina Journal web site gives details for each of the three new [...]
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A homemade sign along K-15 on a farm northwest of Chapman is perhaps the only “no” sign in USD 473 to oppose the $8.2 million bond election to be held on April 7:
“Chapman ZIP 67431, NOT 90210, VOTE NO TO 8.2 Million Bond”
There is an emotional response in Chapman to vote “yes” and build three [...]
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[Updated 3/26] Much of Chapman, Kansas, which is about 140 miles west of Kansas City, was leveled by a tornado on June 11, 2008. The tornado killed one woman and cut a path six blocks wide through much of the community of about 1250.
All three of Chapman’s public schools were heavily damaged by the storm.
The [...]
