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Wichita school board sets final special meeting to hear discussion on Southeast options

Should the Wichita school board expand and improve Southeast High School, build a new school in the far southeast quadrant of the district or both? Tuesday evening will mark another chance to share your input.

A communitywide meeting will be held at Southeast High, Lincoln and Edgemoor, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. At that meeting, residents will hear an update on bond construction as it relates to Southeast and then break into small discussion groups to share thoughts and opinions, officials said.

Child care will be provided, and Spanish and Vietnamese translators will be available.

Kansas chief justice says senator’s proposal on judicial selection is political coercion

Kansas lawmakers began the year by turning away the chief justice of the state Supreme Court from his traditional speech to the Legislature.

As the legislative session nears an end, that justice is charging a leading senator with political coercion. Meanwhile, efforts are picking up steam to force appellate judges into retirement and to build separate civil and criminal appeals courts.

“Tensions are high between the court system and the Legislature,” said state Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.