Schools and education

Tech classes help students plan future
By David Oakes
September 4, 2008
Via its technical education center, Eudora USD 491 long has provided high school students with the opportunity to explore career options that don’t always require a degree from a four-year college. The district has now brought the ability to discover those options to eighth-graders at Eudora Middle School with four exploratory technical education classes.
Eudora ACT scores rise
By David Oakes
September 4, 2008
Composite ACT scores for Eudora USD 491 class of 2008 improved upon the scores of the class of 2007. The class of 2008 had an average composite score of 22.4, while the class of 2007 had an average composite score of 22.
USD 491 breaks ground for EMS expansion
By David Oakes
August 21, 2008
The Eudora USD 491 Board of Education followed the awarding of $2.2 million in bids last Thursday for the expansion of Eudora Middle School with a groundbreaking ceremony for the project the next day.
New librarian spreads enthusiasm for reading
By David Oakes
August 21, 2008
Other than the fact that she loves to read and hopes her students will too, new elementary school library media specialist Kaydean Foster doesn’t fit the stereotype of a librarian. Foster, 25, loves to sky dive.
USD 491 approves budget
By David Oakes
August 21, 2008
The Eudora USD 491 Board of Education voted Thursday to approve the budget for the 2008-2009 school year. The district will keep the promise it made to taxpayers during last years’ bond issue campaign by leaving the mill levy flat at 66.350, compared to last year’s rate of 66.530.
Teachers’ food drive a success
By David Oakes
August 14, 2008
The Eudora National Educational Association started the school year on a positive note by having a food drive for the Eudora Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry Thursday at the Cardinal Kickoff, the first official day of work for teachers.
Eudora’s Healzer named Kansas DARE officer of year
By David Oakes
August 14, 2008
Eudora school resource officer Ryan Healzer received recognition in May from Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six for implementing the DARE Plus program at West Elementary School. Now comes news that Healzer has been named Kansas DARE officer of the year. Not bad for his first year.
USD 491 not bogged down by wetlands
By David Oakes
August 7, 2008
The Eudora USD 491 Board of Education elected to turn a possible negative into a positive during a special meeting Thursday. After the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers designated .88 located in the northeastern corner the 46-acre site of the new elementary school as wetlands, the board voted to do a combination of on and offsite mitigation that will save a portion of the wetlands and allow the ecosystem to be used in an educational manner.
New assistant principal already feels at home
By David Oakes
August 7, 2008
Shelley Dougherty had lived in Russell for most of her life. She grew up there, she had been an elementary school principal for 20 years there and she raised her family there. But despite working and living in a community she describes by using words such as “incredible” and “fabulous,” she still felt it was time to move on.
District suggest ways to help cope with construction
District urges shuttle bus, carpooling
August 2, 2008
With school slated to start in less than two weeks, Eudora USD 491 representatives are suggesting ways parents and students can best cope with the bottleneck created by construction on the Church Street/Kansas Highway 10 overpass.
Technology offers classroom flexibility
By David Oakes
July 23, 2008
Keeping in mind that no two students learn in the same way, at least one area school district uses technology throughout its classrooms to vary instructional options for its teachers.
USD 491 to keep budget promise
By David Oakes
July 17, 2008
The Eudora USD 491 Board of Education plans to keep its promise to taxpayers in keeping the mill levy flat after an approval of the $45 million school bond last November. The board approved the preliminary budget for the 2008-2009 school year Thursday, which estimated the mill levy at 66.350, compared to last year’s rate of 66.530.
USD 491 receives $3 million grant
By David Oakes
July 10, 2008
New Eudora USD 491 Superintendent Don Grosdidier had a great second day on the job when the district received a four-year, $3 million grant Wednesday from the U.S. Departments of Education, Justice and Health and Human Services. The grant was part of $74 million in grants awarded to 27 different states as part of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. USD 491 was the only school district in the state of Kansas to receive the grant.
KU honors USD 491 teachers
July 10, 2008
The School of Education at Kansas University honored EHS Assistant Principal and Technical Education Center Director Ron Abel, EHS and EMS family science teacher Peggy Claggett, EHS science teacher Bonnie Daigh and EMS Athletic Director and physical trainer Phil Katzenmeier with certificates recognizing 25 years or more of service to education in Kansas.
Grosdidier hopes to pick up where Kobza left off
By David Oakes
July 3, 2008
The role of Superintendent of School for USD 491 transitioned on Tuesday from Marty Kobza to Don Grosdidier.

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