School Administration

Drug-Free coordinator thanks community and steps down after nearly 10 years (05/03/08)
By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The last meeting of the Nevada R-5 Safe and Drug-Free Schools committee chaired by Ranea Schulze started off with tears, but then turned cheerful. Schulze has taken a new position in the library and ceded the responsibility for the drug-free program to new hands...

Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament (05/01/08)
Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament Hosted by Fort Scott High School Thursday, 10 a.m., FSHS and city pool courts Teams in the field: Fort Scott, Chanute, Iola, Ottawa and Parsons. Schedule: First-round play is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ...

Baseball at Nevada cancelled (04/25/08)
Fort Scott High School's baseball games this afternoon (Friday) at Nevada have been cancelled, according to an e-mail sent this afternoon by FSHS Athletic Director Larry Fink. There was to have been one varsity and one junior varsity game. Also, the JV baseball tournament at Girard scheduled for Saturday morning has also been cancelled. The Fort Scott JV was entered...

JV tennis plays for final time in '08 (04/24/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team took part in its final tournament of the season here Monday, an eight-team bracket-format tournament hosted by Labette County High School. Both doubles teams posted 2-2 records on the day. The No. ...

Parent notification system in the works at Fort Scott schools (04/22/08)
The local school district is setting up a new program, which will enhance its communication ability with parents by utilizing technology. During a special board meeting on March 28, the USD 234 Board of Education approved the implementation of the TextCaster notification system beginning at the start of the 2008-09 school year...

'Pennies for the Park' takes up record-seeking fundraiser (03/19/08)
We find them on the street, throw them in a dish on our nightstand and lose them in couch cushions. Pennies; small, round, copper circles that do not seem to amount to much. One committee in Fort Scott thinks differently. This team is banking on the power of the penny and the community...

Bourbon County Unit of Retired school personnel (03/19/08)
The Bourbon County Unit of Retired School Personnel met March 8, 2008. The High School building was locked, so the group went to the Southern Baptist Church. Marge Stringer opened the church and made coffee. The social committee, Winifred Daly and Wayne Stringer furnished donuts...