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In today's newsletter:

  • Could USD 253’s budget cuts put staff childcare at risk?
  • How a Turnpike pass near Emporia ended with two hospitalized
  • Why ESU’s retiring president is giving back four years of pay

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 34 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy and cooler, temps: high: 42, low: 22.
  • Saturday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 35 and low of 10 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• District staff and families request USD 253 Board to ‘Support maintaining' childcare program as cost containment work continues (kvoe.com) — Emporia’s USD 253 is weighing cost-cutting options that could affect its staff childcare program, which currently serves 33 families and 36 children. Teachers and parents urged the school board to keep the program, as the district faces a $4 million budget gap and expects formal recommendations by late winter.
   

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• Two hurt in Turnpike wreck southwest of Emporia (kvoe.com) — A Tuesday morning crash on the Kansas Turnpike just southwest of the Emporia tollgate sent two out-of-state travelers to Newman Regional Health with possible injuries. The southbound wreck near the Lyon-Chase county line briefly disrupted traffic but left the Emporia-area driver unhurt, with all involved wearing seatbelts.
   

• Retiring Emporia State president donating the last four years of his salary back to the university (ljworld.com) — Emporia residents will see a major boost in Emporia State scholarships and student aid after retiring ESU president and Emporia native Ken Hush pledged the equivalent of his last four years of salary back to the university. His donation will fund scholarships, recruitment, and cost-cutting initiatives, following a controversial tenure marked by deep faculty cuts, frozen tuition, and a recent rebound in enrollment and finances.
   

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