Unified School District 475 officials hope the completion of a salary compensation study will help with recruitment and retention of staff.

Officials from Geary County, Junction City and Unified School District 475 met this week to discuss upcoming initiatives related to the construction of the new Junction City High School.

Dr. Reginald Eggleston will serve as the new superintendent of Unified School District 475.

Many local students are in need of additional transportation services to help them attend school events, and officials recently discussed the possibility of partnering with a local bus service.

Unified School District 475 officials will be trying out a new intruder alert system at Junction City High School.

During the November meeting of the Unified School District 475 Board of Education, then-member Carolyn Gaston called into question whether or not the decision to house the district’s bond money at Sunflower Bank was the correct one.

Ever since he started playing in the band in seventh grade, Jared Morris has loved music. All through junior high and high school, he found himself coming to school an hour or more early in the mornings just to practice his instrument — a snare drum, at the time.

When high school students decide to print unpopular opinions or controversial news stories in student publications, it’s sometimes tempting for administrators to throw freedom of speech out the window and start handing out sanctions or admonitions not to do it again. 

USD 475 and Junction City High School announced he induction of two students into the National German Honor Society (Delta Epsilon Phi, Kansas Nu Chapter) May 12.

Unified School District 475 announced  the selection of a new Director of Teaching and Learning Monday, pending Board of Education approval. Pam Irwin, the Director of Staff Development and Accreditation for Unified School District 305, will make the move to USD 475 later this summer, in July.

Saturday, Unified School District 475 celebrated retirees with a luncheon held at the Courtyard by Marriott Conference Center. The luncheon marks the beginning of a new chapter for many dedicated employees of the district. LaDonna Junghans, Board of Education President, spoke about the place…

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. – The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) is pleased to announce that Brad Bascue, Athletic Director at Fort Riley Middle School, has been recognized by this association as a Certified Athletic Administrator.

Unified School District 475’s bond election is back on.

According to an article in the New York Times, young girls’ confidence plunges in a serious way around the time they hit puberty — and they tend to come out much worse on the other end than boys.

Junction City High School returned from the State Solo and Ensemble Music Festival with high marks this past weekend, building upon the momentum the school’s music talent started earlier this semester. Of 34 JCHS events entered in the 2017 KSHSAA State Solo and Ensemble music festival held S…

District, JCEA work toward consensus on contracts

Westwood Elementary School kindergarten teacher Montika Allen-Atkinson (center) was named Teacher of the Year by the VFW Wednesday afternoon. Pictured with her are VFW representative Vince Van Cleve (left) and paraprofessional Tochane Stallworth (right), who nominated Allen-Atkinson for her award.

Teacher contract negotiations for the 2018-’19 school year took place April 11, and so far the talks seem to be flowing about as smoothly as last year’s. The Junction City Education Association (JCEA) and Unified School District 475 spent Tuesday discussing next year’s contracts.

The Junction City High School music program has done exceptionally well this year. The choir was selected to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association’s (KMEA) annual conference and four students were chosen to sing in the state choir. The students’ spring musical presentation of “Sh…

Kansas has come up short on educators statewide for the past few years. This shortage includes professionals such as speech pathologists and school psychologists. The shortage in educators such as speech pathologists has recently had an impact on Unified School District 475. 

Unified School District 475’s Board of Education voted unanimously to delay the bond election pertaining to the Junction City High School Way Forward at its monthly meeting Monday. The bond election will be delayed until further notice. A date will be set for the election at a later time.

Unified School District 475 received confirmation March 14 that the Kansas State Board of Education had approved the support of the Junction City High School Way Forward bond initiative. This approval commits the State of Kansas to funding 48 percent of the total bond amount pending communit…

Unified School District 475 has selected two teachers as nominees for the 2018 Kansas Teacher of the Year Award. A committee of past USD 475 nominees chose Susan Marshall, a sixth grade math teacher from Fort Riley Middle School, and Katie Hagenmaier, a fourth grade teacher from Spring Valle…

The potential for a new Junction City High School brings with it the potential for economic development, if the structure can be built without raising taxes. It’s this last part that’s a big “if” for the Economic Development Commission. The EDC might be interested in endorsing the project — …

“Shrek” is a popular animated film from 2001 — it was so well-liked, it was adapted to the stage in the form of “Shrek the Musical.”

Being bilingual is increasingly useful in the modern world. Speaking multiple languages opens up career opportunities and offers job seekers an edge they might not otherwise have when they’re looking for work.

The State Supreme Court fired the latest shot in Kansas’ war over school funding Thursday, when judges again ruled current funding unconstitutional.

For more than 27 years, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program has been a staple in Unified School District 475 Geary County Schools. As the American culture has changed, the D.A.R.E. program has changed their curriculum to keep up.

T.J. Taylor hadn’t always wanted to be a band teacher. Attending school at Kansas State University, he had an engineering scholarship.

The Children’s Initiative Fund is in danger — and has been throughout several legislative sessions. The fund, which contributes about $60 million annually toward Kansas children’s education, is made up of tobacco settlement money, and has been helping fund early childhood education for almos…

When Kim Milleson resigned from Unified School District 475’s Board of Education last month, she left a vacancy that needed to be filled. She still had time left in her term and someone was needed to take her place.

Much has been said about Junction City High School’s future. The steering committee made its recommendation for the school Feb. 6 after months of research on the subject and two town hall meetings were held in January dedicated to sharing information with the public about the high school. 

Bill Clark resigned Feb. 6 from his position as the Chief Operating Officer for Unified School District 475.

The steering committee has finished its work after a long, arduous period of fact-finding for Unified School District 475. It has endured multiple meetings, much research, and two town hall meetings in coming to its conclusion that the district needs a new Junction City High School at a new …

The steering committee dedicated to determining the future of Junction City High School held its final meeting to discuss the results of the recent town hall meetings and vote on what its ultimate recommendation to Unified School District 475 will be.

Unified School District 475 has had its ear to the ground for public opinion ever since it first formed the steering committee to determine Junction City High School’s future.

Unified School District 475’s steering committee held its final town hall meeting Saturday on the future of Junction City High School. 

Several elementary schools within Unified School District 475 celebrated Kansas Day Friday. 

Unified School District 475 is in the difficult position of trying to figure out what to do about Junction City High School. 

A 12.5 pound cabbage is a lot of cabbage — but is it $1,000 worth?

There are multiple options in consideration for Junction City High School’s future. The steering committee dedicated to determining the school’s best options has to think about all viable possibilities.

With all the talk of Junction City High School’s way forward and the possibility of a new school, the community has been buzzing with questions and, occasionally, misinformation.

Big things could be on the horizon for Junction City.