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Ngoc Vuong, incumbent Stan Reeser and Melody McCray-Miller-- three of the six candidates running for Wichita school board, participated in a public forum at Wichita State University.

Wichita Board of Education positions are unpaid.

“The problem has been a lack of consistent policies from building to building, classroom to classroom, that has left it difficult for teachers to police students’ cell phone usage.”

A suspect is dead and a Kansas police officer is hospitalized following a shootout at a gas station in Mission... more than half of the state's rural hospitals are at risk of closing... and KCK police solve 100% of their homicide cases so far this year. Details inside.

June 1 is the filing deadline for local elections.

“For 31 years, you trusted me and others in this district to take on your greatest asset, which is your children, so thank you, families, for allowing us to serve your students and to serve you.”

As Kansas faces an ever-worsening teacher shortage, some districts are trying new strategies to build more excitement and enthusiasm around teaching.

The Wichita school board set a salary range of $300,000 to $325,000 for the new superintendent. Consultants hinted that this search will be more open than the previous one, after which the Kansas Attorney General ruled that the school board violated the open meetings law.

By a margin of about 2-to-1, Wichita school district voters opted to ditch the current hybrid voting system, which has been in place since 1994. Beginning next year, Wichita school board members will be elected in a fashion similar to city, county and state representatives.

The Wichita Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously for the propsal.