School Boards

Groups make pitch to board of education (04/30/08)
Three groups made their pleas for changes -- or enhancement -- before members of the McCook Public Schools board of education during a special board meeting Tuesday evening. Superintendent Dave Schley told members of the public that the board has "lots of things on their plate," but that they'll look at everything. The board is faced with, he said, requests that would require "way more money" than is available...

Dropping in (04/29/08)
Students from Medicine Valley High School in Curtis gather around the Nebraska Army National Guard Chinook helicopter that landed on the football practice field April 23. Staff Sgt. Adren Uhlig, above left, of Curtis was greeted after the landing by his 8-year-old son, Coby, a Medicine Valley second grader. ...

Fond memories from the old downtown YMCA (04/28/08)
Since we did not come to McCook until 1957, the memories I have of the YMCA, on the corner of Norris Avenue & E Street are those of an adult. I have some good memories of the Y, but nothing like those of fellows who grew up in McCook. For instance, Dr. ...

Playing the hand we're dealt (04/26/08)
If someone would have told me twenty five years ago that, at this stage in my life, I would be single, living alone in an apartment, and teaching at a community college in McCook, Nebraska, I would have, at the worst, went looking for a gun, and at best, considered myself an abject failure...

College board approves tuition hike (03/27/08)
NORTH PLATTE -- Tuition and fees will be increased in July by 6.76 percent, along with costs of room and board, at the three McCook and North Platte campuses of Mid Plains Community College. MPCC Board of Governors approved the increases at its meeting Wednesday at the North Platte campus...

Hoof it! McCook students encouraged to walk to school (03/21/08)
McCook school children, kindergarten through eighth grade, are encouraged to participate Wednesday in McCook's "Walk to School Day," to promote healthy lifestyles and kick off the school district's "Walk to School Month" activities in April. The "Walk to School" activities are supported by a "Safe Routes to School" grant awarded to the McCook school district by the Nebraska Department of Roads, according to McCook Elementary Principal Lynda Baumbach...

Official: LB1157 could change entire system (03/21/08)
Nebraska lawmakers' passage of LB 1157 would change everything about the way Nebraska schools assess how well their students are learning and progressing. Gayle Sharkey, McCook Public Schools' curriculum director, told school board members at their monthly meeting March 10 that LB 1157's passage in its final form and approval by Gov. Dave Heineman would require state tests of students' achievement...