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The USD 480 school board will have a full agenda to take on at its next meeting Monday evening starting at 6:30. Monday’s meeting will be in Room B110 at Seymour Rogers Middle School at 721 Griffith Avenue.
After discussion of a project to repair and refinish the lockers at LHS, the board will be discussing the purchase of a new bus.
Many people fly in and out of Liberal every day and recently, it was announced Liberal Municipal Airport will retain its EAS program designation.
“What happened is, there was an executive order issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and that order extends Essential Air Service (EAS) coverage for an additional three-year term for Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport,” Airport Manager Brian Fornwalt said. “That means service will continue from SkyWest Airlines with 12 weekly round-trip flights to Denver, and will continue service under EAS and receive federal subsidies to ensure vital flight connections are maintained. Something else that makes us really proud with this is Liberal is one of only five communities in Kansas to receive EAS support in recent years. The DOT had approved SkyWest May 1, and then May 3 was when the DOT contacted me via email to tell me SkyWest was approved for the next three years. Their approval started May 1 and will run through April 30, 2027, and that's part of how we're keeping our EAS designation. There are also currently two acts making their way through Congress – one in the House and one in the Senate – and we still don't know what the outcome will be with either of those. But we were able to keep SkyWest at this time, which is great because everyone likes SkyWest. Our numbers have increased since we started with them, and we have multiple frequent travelers.”
Education in Kansas continues to be a high priority for the Kelly Administration and recently, Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill to help with just that.
Wednesday, Gov. Kelly signed House Substitute for Senate Bill 387, fully funding K-12 education for the sixth consecutive year and making the initial investment into fully funding special education, according to a release from the State of Kansas. The bill builds on Gov. Kelly’s commitment to fully funding public schools and providing the resources needed to ensure Kansas students are prepared for lifelong learning.
Immunization requirements and recommendations for the 2024-2025 school year are based on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations. The current recommended and minimum interval immunization schedules may be found on the CDC Web site.
The best disease prevention is achieved by adhering to the recommended schedule. However, if a child falls behind, the catch-up schedule is implemented. To avoid missed opportunities, immunization providers may use a four-day grace period, in most instances, per age and interval between doses. In such cases, these doses may be counted as valid.
The maintenance of rural hospitals continues to be a hot topic and recently, some legislation was introduced to help with just that.
Wednesday, Sen. Jerry Moran and Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to expand access to federal resources for rural hospitals through the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Medicare designation.
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