A little-known love triangle with author J.D. Salinger at the apex is the focus of an article by Dr. Brett Weaver, a professor of English at Fort Hays State University.
Weaver’s thesis is that one of Salinger’s stories was a revenge piece aimed at movie legend Charlie Chaplin.
“I propose that the story was written to get back at Chaplin, who had stolen away Salinger’s true love,” said Weaver.
The article was recently accepted for publication in The Explicator, a quarterly journal of literary criticism. “Take That, Charlie Chaplin! The Meaning of Names in Salinger’s ‘Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes’” examines a short story that is considered to be an anomaly among Salinger’s stories.
“It is an anomaly because it is the only story without children, and Salinger almost always wrote about young people,” said Weaver.
Weaver’s article is one of only three ever published on this particular story. Of the other two, one took a classical literary angle and one took a psycho/social perspective. Weaver’s article focuses on the relationship between Salinger, Chaplin and Oona O’Neill, daughter of the great American playwright Eugene O’Neill.
Salinger dated Oona before being drafted into the Army during World War II. Oona was whisked off by Chaplin.
“Salinger’s life, at the time, almost perfectly paralleled Jay Gatsby from Fitzgerald’s iconic novel,” said Weaver.
“Salinger wanted to publish in The New Yorker so he could prove his literary worth to Oona and the world, just as Gatsby sought Daisy only after he had acquired great wealth that he believed would win her over,” he said.
“Of course, Salinger did then begin publishing in The New Yorker, but he lost the girl and his story was his way of getting revenge.”
Randy Clinkscales
I have two friends with whom I hunt with each year. I met one (Lane) in college, and the other (Russel) I met though Lane, while in college. Since college, we have hunted together every year, once a year.
Though I am close to both of them, Lane and Russell were childhood friends with each other in the Dallas area, attending both church and grade school together. Both are married and each have one daughter, and those daughters are about the same age. Many Fridays, Lane and Russell have dinner together with their wives.
They are both men’s men. In many ways they represent to me all the good things about men: they are strong, reliable, honest, loyal, and trustworthy. And they are there when needed.
The last couple of years have been challenging. I had a fall on a rappelling trip that was a near death experience; Lane was diagnosed with Parkinson’s; and Russell had a significant automobile accident that resulted in surgery on his neck.
Russell’s neck surgery turned out to be more than any of us expected, though it appears to have turned out ok. However, something interesting happened afterward.
Lane called me one night after Russell’s surgery. He asked that I call Russell; that he, Lane, was concerned about Russell. I could tell the real, heartfelt worry and fear in Lane’s voice. He was shaken.
So I called Russell. Though groggy from medication, Russell assured me he was ok, but he did not want to talk about that; he wanted to talk about Lane. He said he was worried about Lane, and wondered what we were going to do. He asked me questions about Parkinson’s, and where I thought Lane was. We talked for a while. Russell was shaken.
When I got off the phone with both Lane and Russell, several things struck me. They were really worried about each other, and they could not completely express it to each other. They truly love each other, as close brothers, and know they would be lost without the other. We all realize that life is very fragile, that stuff happens, and our moments together are being used up.
My lessons from this are multiple: tell those you love that you love them, but also have someone in your life that can tell you what you need to hear.
In my practice, sometimes we get charged with saying things to a client that their family members will not say: please do not drive; you need help in the home; you need to get planning done while you have the ability to do it. It is important that my clients trust me enough to believe that I am giving good, unbiased advice.
I feel like I can trust Lane and Russell to have those hard conversations with me; that when I am failing, or if they are concerned, they will feel free to say so. One thing I do know is that they will say it out of love for me.
Be sure you have someone in your life that you trust to have those conversations with.
Randy Clinkscales of Clinkscales Elder Law Practice, PA, Hays, Kansas, is an elder care attorney, practicing in western Kansas. To contact him, please send an email to [email protected]. Disclaimer: The information in the column is for general information purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Each case is different and outcomes depend on the fact of each case and the then applicable law. For specific questions, you should contact a qualified attorney.
Dylan Werth as Theodore Laurence in Hays Community Theatre’s presentation of “Little Women.” File photo
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
If you have been to a Thomas More Prep-Marian or Hays Community Theatre performance in the last four years, you have probably seen Dylan Werth.
Werth’s extensive involvement in local theater has helped him land a $15,000 per year, four-year scholarship to Sterling College.
Werth, 18, a senior at TMP, signed with Sterling College on Wednesday for the scholarship, which is a combination of a music, theater and dean’s academic award.
Werth had been looking at larger public schools, including Fort Hays State University, but Werth, who is also a state champion in improvised duet acting, attended a forensics workshop at Sterling last spring.
“I just fell in love with the place. I think the first thing that got me was that it was a good time of year because it looked beautiful. It was the people there. They were so nice, and I genuinely felt like they cared about the people. It was like ‘You are here. You are in the arts. We like you already.’ We could leave everything at the door and just have fun.”
TMP student Dylan Werth with his parents as he signs for a theater scholarship at Sterling College. Courtesy photo
Werth started with HCT’s performance of “Shrek,” and has been involved with every show TMP and HCT has staged since.
Some of Werth’s more notable roles in the last few years included Jack in TMP’s production of “Into the Woods,” Will in TMP’s “Oklahoma!” and Theodore Laurence in HCT’s “Little Women.”
He was nominated for a theater Jester award for his portrayal of Jack in “In the Woods.”
“It’s a passion,” he said. “It’s what I like to do.”
Werth’s favorite part was Will in TMP’s “Oklahoma!”
“It was very consuming on all parts and all surfaces,” he said. “I had to sing, act and dance and all of that. I helped a lot backstage too with teaching choreography and with the set and props. I liked that best because I got to take all that in and learn all those different areas I haven’t before.”
He said his favorite show was “Into the Woods.”
“The music is amazing, There was no sad part about him,” he said of his character Jack. “He wasn’t happy, but he was too stupid he couldn’t be sad because he didn’t know what was going on. He was always in that la la land stage. That was fun to have fun with and be creative.”
This semester Werth is in three shows as well as participating in forensics at TMP.
He is an assistant director on HCT’s upcoming performance of “Steel Magnolias.” He is Ryan, a suspect, in HCT’s Feb. 15 and 16 show, “Murder Can be Habit Forming.” He will be Tony Kirby, the son of a business mogul, in TMP’s spring comedy “You Can’t Take it With You.”
“My mom always tells me ‘Don’t spread yourself too thin or work yourself to death,'” he said. “But if I am doing what I love, I don’t count it as work. Sure it is work, but I don’t count it as so hectic and time-consuming. I would want to be here anyway.”
When he graduates college, Werth hopes to land a job in live theater.
“I just want to go somewhere and get paid to do what I love,” he said.
He said he would choose live theater over TV or film.
“Nothing else can take it,” he said. “You don’t know what is going to happen when you do live theater. Sure you can practice and practice, but you can’t account for everything. I think that bring a sort of charm to live theater.”
Werth said theater allows you to experience different times and places.
“I think that is why I like theater so much, because you get to travel without moving.”
Werth said Travis Grizzell, TMP drama teacher and active HCT member, has been a role model for him in the last several years.
Werth is in Grizzell’s forensics class. He competes in duet acting and improvised duet acting. Werth and his partner’s piece for duet acting is a selection from a musical comedy, “The Big Bang.” It tells the tale of the history of civilization through campy song and dance.
“It is fun to do. We laugh a lot, and we are being weird characters,” he said.
He said he prefers comedy.
“There is something relaxing about a good comedy,” he said, “to watch them just laugh. Laughter is the best medicine.”
You can buy tickets now to see Dylan in HCT’s “Murder Can be Habit Forming.” Click here to access the HCT webpage for tickets. HCT’s “Steel Magnolias” is set for March 22-24. Tickets will also be available on the HCT website.
Watch the TMP website for more information on “You Can’t Take it With You.” Performance dates are April 12, 13 and 14.
FridaySunny, with a high near 33. Wind chill values as low as -7. Light and variable wind becoming south 11 to 16 mph in the morning.
Friday NightClear, with a low around 19. Wind chill values as low as 4. South southeast wind 15 to 18 mph.
SaturdayIncreasing clouds, with a high near 42. Wind chill values as low as 4. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Saturday NightMostly cloudy, with a low around 26. South wind 10 to 17 mph.
SundayMostly sunny, with a high near 39.
Sunday NightA 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
MondayA chance of snow before noon, then a chance of rain and snow between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
A former Hays woman who has been charged with mail fraud for allegedly trying to gain millions from her former employer’s estate is set to change her plea in federal court in March.
Wanda Oborny was scheduled to be in U.S. District Court in Wichita for a hearing on Feb. 19. However, her attorney has filed an notice intent for Oborny to change her plea. Her next court date has been set for 10 a.m. March 1 in Wichita.
Oborny was a bookkeeper for Hays resident Earl O. Field. Oborny alleged 98-year-old Field signed a codicil to his will shortly before his death in 2013, leaving half of his $20 million estate to her with a quarter of the estate going to Fort Hays State University and the rest going to Field’s attorney, Joseph Jeter.
The original will left the bulk of the estate to the FHSU Foundation for use in providing scholarships. After a lengthy court battle, the Kansas Supreme Court refused to hear Oborny’s appeal in November.
This left in force a lower court’s decision Oborny or someone on her request forged Field’s name on the codicil to the will. As a result, the bulk of the $20 million estate will go to the Foundation.
Oborny’s attorney has not responded to a request for comment.
On Tuesday, Eric Wayne Clayville of Goodland was sentenced by the Honorable Blake A. Bittel, 23rd Judicial District Judge to 60 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections consecutive to a Sherman County felony case with a sentence of 27 months in KDOC for a total of 87 months in KDOC.
Clayville was convicted of attempted aggravated indecent solicitation with a child and four counts of interference with law enforcement on Dec. 21 in Trego County District Court.
The WaKeeney Police Department, the Trego County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol all assisted in the investigation of this case. The case was prosecuted by the Trego County Attorney Christopher Lyon.
— Office of the Trego County Attorney
CORRECTED: 3 p.m. Thursday to clarify charge per the Trego County Attorney’s office.
UPDATE, Thursday 12:45 p.m.: The Decatur County Sheriff has reported that 19-year-old Makayla Wray, using the alias Malika Ford, was last seen in Hays. She was seen with a 17-year-old male also wanted for questioning in connection to a series of recent burglaries.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 475-8100.
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OBERLIN — The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate 19-year-old Makayla Wray for questioning. The sheriff is seeking information about several burglaries that have taken place across multiple counties.
She was last seen in Norton.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 475-8100.
Candidate for the Hays USD 489 superintendent position Michael Gower said he believes in the three Rs — relationships, relationships, relationships.
Gower is the third of four candidates interviewing for the top job at USD 489. He interviewed Wednesday. Herington superintendent Ron Wilson will interview Thursday, and Keith Hall, USD 489 interim director of finance, and Jamie Wetig, Ashland superintendent, interviewed last week.
The school board is set to vote on its selection for superintendent at its meeting Monday.
Gower is the superintendent at Phillipsburg and Logan. His daughters both teach in the Hays school district. Michaela Gower teaches fifth grade at Roosevelt Elementary School, and Mindy Gower is a third-grade teacher at O’Loughlin Elementary School.
In part because of his family connection and close proximity to Hays, Gower said he was familiar with the Hays school district. He said his daughters were concerned about the turnover in leadership within the Hays school district and urged their father to apply for the superintendent job. He said he thought he could bring more stability to the position.
“I am a western Kansas person, and I believe in this area of the state, and I want to see it succeed. If I am hired, I am not going anywhere,” he said. “I will stay here as long as they’ll have me.”
Gower and his wife are also graduates of Fort Hays State University. Gower has a master’s degree and a superintendent endorsement from FHSU.
“I just wanted to stretch myself a little bit,” he said. “I have been at Phillipsburg now for about 20 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent. I have always admired the Hays district and just felt that is some place I would like to be.”
Gower took on the additional responsibility as superintendent at Logan six years ago.
Despite leading two districts, he tries to visit and interact with the students and staff in each of the districts’ buildings each week.
“I try to get in each building and see the students, interact with the students and the teachers,” he said. “That helps remind me of why I am actually doing this job. … Our main reason of being in education is to work with kids and to do what is best for kids.”
Kathy Rome, KNEA UniServ director, attended the public meet-and-greet with Gower on Wednesday and she asked about his relationship with teachers and the teachers’ unions in Logan and Phillipsburg. Rome acknowledged she had not been called in to assist with negotiations in either of Gower’s districts in recent years.
The Hays school board reached impasse with teachers in negotiations last year over a pay, and a federal meditator had to be brought it to resolve the dispute.
“We have always come to an agreement sooner or later. I think it has been mutual respect,” he said of past negotiations in his district. “We have been able to see both sides — see what works for the teachers and what also works for the district so both districts could stay in a good financial setting, but also compensate teachers and well enough you are able to keep quality people at both districts.”
After two failed bond attempts in the last three years, the Hays school board has been discussing attempting a third bond to address some of its many facility needs.
Gower said he did not have any experience with bonds as a superintendent.
“You have to be visible in the community and get input from stakeholders and teachers and staff as well,” he said. “Look at what has and hasn’t worked. The last two haven’t, so what can we do differently? Back to the teacher negotiations, if we can find common ground somewhere, we can get enough people to support it.”
Gower said he did not think the latest $29 million plan that would include HVAC improvements at the HHS, an expanded cafeteria at HMS and an expansion at Roosevelt Elementary School went far enough to address the district’s facility needs. However, he acknowledged that may be what the district is able to pass.
“That would be my job,” he said, “to try and unify the voters, the parents, the stakeholders, the board and get everybody behind the bond, but I also understand you don’t just keep beating your head against the wall and doing the same thing. If the other two didn’t pass, then you do have to adjust and look at something different.”
He said even with a 10-year plan, the district is going to have a group of students that will make it all the way through school before they see more improvements in facilities. He also noted construction costs are only going to increase with the passage of time.
He said he supported the development of a long-range facilities plan.
The Hays school board also has had some high-profile votes recently that have been split, most notably the votes to purchase the Oak Park Medical Complex that will be renovated for use by Early Childhood Connections.
Gower said he will try to educate the board on the facts, but in the end, every board member has their own vote.
“Really the voters need to speak,” he said. “If the voters think board members are against whatever the case may be — these board members are against the bond or these board members aren’t supportive — then those voters need to get out and support board candidates they do think will support what they want.”
Four Hays school board seats are up for election in November. They include the seats held by Luke Oborny, who has filed for re-election, Mandy Fox, Greg Schwartz and Paul Adams.
Although his districts are different in size compared to the Hays district, he said he thought the districts were much the same, but with different faces.
He noted the Hays district is working on student social and emotional development as part of the KESA accreditation process, just as Logan and Phillipsburg are.
Phillipsburg High School has initiated a Passion Project in response to KESA requirements. Students are periodically paired with staff members at PHS, including classified staff, such as maintenance or custodial workers. The students are split into groups and learn skills from the adults. It could be how to fix a car, how to bake a cake or how to play a guitar.
“You might identify better with a custodian than you do with a teacher,” he said. “It just builds relationships throughout the school building. …
“It is all about relationships. All of that stuff we are talking about is a fancy way of say build relationships. I believe in the three Rs — relationships, relationships, relationships.”
One of the promises I made to the people of the 111th District was that I would support making the necessary payments to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) to ensure that Kansas could keep the retirement promises it has made to government workers, especially teachers. As a member of the House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions, I am fortunately in a position to help make that happen.
Gov. Laura Kelly, however, has other ideas. Rather than make this year’s payment of $116 million to KPERS, the budget she submitted to the Legislature proposes to refinance Kansas’ already unfunded actuarial liability over a new 30-year period, at a cost to tax payers of $7.4 billion in interest.
I do not believe this is a Republican or Democratic issue, but rather just commonsense fiscal policy by which we simply take care of business and make our much-needed annual payment to KPERS based on a 2012 law which, interestingly enough, then- Senator Laura Kelly helped draft.
The bipartisan Kansas Public Employees Retirement System’s Board of Trustees condemned the Governor’s pension proposal and voted unanimously to declare its opposition in writing to legislators. KPERS trustees said that adopting Kelly’s plan would undo progress the state has made in stabilizing its public pension system.
I couldn’t agree more. The Governor’s idea makes little sense to me, and I will be voting to make this year’s required KPERS payment.
Ellis man also wins state official of the year for track and field
KSHSAA
TOPEKA, Kan. — The KSHSAA has announced that Mark Goodheart has been awarded the National Federation Officials Association Distinguished National Contributor Award. The NFHS selects one individual from across the country to be awarded to this honor each year.
Goodheart is from Bison and has been a registered official with the KSHSAA for 46 years. He has officiated basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball during his career. He also officiated collegiate basketball at the small college level for 30 years and worked six national tournaments. Goodheart serves as a league commissioner for three leagues and is a basketball area supervisor for the KSHSAA. He has helped coordinate numerous basketball official clinics and camps and has worked with the Fort Hays State Intramural department in utilizing officials in their program for contests he assigns.
Goodheart has been in the Otis-Bison school system for 38 years and is currently the K-12 principal at Otis-Bison schools.
“The KSHSAA appreciates the contributions Mark has made in helping recruit, retain, train and assign officials in Kansas. Mr. Goodheart has served the youth of Kansas as an official for over 40 years and is very deserving of this recognition,” said KSHSAA Executive Director, Bill Faflick.
The NFHS also recognized 12 other active officials as 2018 State Officials of the Y ear. These officials have made significant contributions to high school officiating as a KSHSAA registered official.
Baseball – Phil Lombardi, Kansas City
Boys Basketball – John Stous, Holton
Girls Basketball – Jerry Higgins, Hutchinson
Football – Gary Davis, Chetopa
Boys Soccer – Brandon Perry, Topeka
Girls Soccer – Marc Tiemann, Lenexa Boys Track & Field – Chris Rorabaugh, Ellis
Girls Track & Field – Curtis Conrad, Cheney
Softball – Brian Miller, Wichita
Volleyball – Dave Dover, Leawood
Wrestling – Justin Thaw, North Newton
Gymnastics – Janice Baker, Shawnee
Hays USD 489 Superintendent candidate Ron Wilson said he centers all his work on what is best for kids.
Wilson is the fourth of four candidates to be interviewed by the Hays school board for the position of superintendent. He was interviewed by the school board Thursday night.
Mike Gower, Logan and Phillipsburg superintendent, interviewed Wednesday. Keith Hall, USD 489 interim director of finance, and Jamie Wetig, Ashland superintendent, interviewed last week.
Wilson, 53, has been the superintendent in Herington for the last two years. He was the Abilene Middle School principal for 18 years and also served as a K-8 principal at North Ottawa County. He won the Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals Principal of the Year Award in 2006 and the Kansas Association of Middle School Administrators Principal of the Year Award in 2015.
He received his undergraduate degree at Bethany College and master’s degree and superintendent certification from Kansas State University. He said he made the move to becoming a superintendent later in life, because he wanted to wait until his youngest child graduated high school before moving the family. A job in Hays would move Wilson closer to his aging mother-in-law in Colorado. The Wilsons also have a son who is a senior at Fort Hays State University.
School was canceled Thursday due to cold weather, so Wilson did not have the opportunity to see the schools operating with students. He said he still thought the schools where similar to the Herington district even though the Herington district is much smaller.
“It is a 2A district. This is a 5A district, but I would say it is still people working in schools and working toward student success. Although there are more students and staff, they still have the same mission, the same goal. There are so many great support people all over this district, it is really amazing to see what is going on.”
Wilson has not been through a bond issue as a superintendent, but the Herington district recently moved forward with a lease purchase agreement using capital improvement funds to remove asbestos from the high school and upgrade floors, lighting and labs.
The Hays school district has had two failed bond attempts in the last three years. It has discussed attempting a third that would include improvements to the Hays High School HVAC system, expansion of the Hays Middle School cafeteria and expansion of Roosevelt Elementary School to accommodate five sections of each grade.
“I think I see my role as more a consensus builder,” Wilson said of a possible bond issue, “to try to bring everyone together into a consensus of what is the best possible plan that will meet the needs of the school and people but, at the same time, what the community desires. I think in my skill set that is my strength in being able to work with people and get them to understand there are not ulterior motives. It is just trying to figure out how we can best serve kids.”
Wilson acknowledged it’s tough convincing people to vote for a bond issue that includes a tax increase.
“Once people understand that we are trying to do the best we can with what we have and they trust we are telling them the right thing, I think that is how you get over the hump,” he said.
Wilson said he would also support a long-range facility plan as has been advocated by some school board members.
The school board has been split on how to move forward on facilities. They had a notable split vote on the purchase of the Oak Park Medical Complex, which is being renovated for use by Early Childhood Connections.
“I think we need to create a situation where people are focused on kids and doing what is best for kids,” he said. “I think if we have that as our ultimate goal, it is really easy to unite people as they can see that is what we are aiming for is to do what’s best for kids.”
Wilson also talked about relationships with teachers.
“I would be disappointed if I did not have a great relationship with teachers,” Wilson said. “I am very supportive of teachers, and I feel strongly that when it comes to teacher pay, that has got to be a priority of the district.”
He said raises are not always possible, but teachers make the biggest impact with students.
Herington participates in interest-based bargaining. Hays used to participate in interest-based bargaining, but has moved away from that style of negotiations in recent years. Wilson said he really liked IBB negotiations. In IBB, both parties focus on what is best for the good of both sides. Kathy Rome, KNEA UniServ director, said she and Hays KNEA also supported IBB. Board member Paul Adams asked the board at its last meeting to consider using IBB again. The full board has yet to discuss the move.
Under Wilson’s leadership in Herington, the district implemented Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. The district dedicated time to allow students who need more help to receive it. Those children who are at grade level in reading and math can use that time for enrichment activities. The schools also use some of that time for character-building activities.
Wilson said he would bring being a champion for kids to the Hays school district.
“Our ultimate goal is to give every kid opportunities … to do things more than they even thought possible. That is one of things I will bring right away. We will talk about what we are doing, what we can do better, what do you need to do better.
“I will bring a vision of everyone to bring their best every day,” he said. “I think that is so important. That is not just staff. That is making sure students bring their best and even parents in some regards. That is what our expectations are.”
He also said he believes in building a positive culture.
“Everyone has to be on the same page in terms of our goal and that is to give kids the best. … Negativity just sucks the life out of school district. There are going to be some tough days, and you are going to need someone to be positive to get you through those tough days. If you have more negativity right around the corner, it is going to take you down.”
He said many of thing he spoke about he already sees in the Hays school district. He would just hope to reinforce that vision.
City staff from Hays met last month with Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials in Topeka regarding the North Vine Street Corridor Project.
The project is complicated by the $6 million federal BUILD Grant funds involved and that U.S. Highway 183 [Vine Street] is a federal highway controlled by KDOT.
Preliminary design work for traffic roundabouts at 32nd/33rd, 37th, and 41st Streets, plus a partial tear drop roundabout at the eastbound exit of Interstate 70 have been underway for the past year.
According to Jacob Wood, assistant Hays city manager, KDOT will act as the pass-through agency, by letting and managing the improvements.
City Project Manager John Braun will update the city commission tonight on the current status of the project as well as the planned schedule and procedures moving forward.
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Braun will also present proposed bid awards for the 2019 Street Maintenance Projects, a total of $618,456.39.
This year’s work includes seal coat, asphalt rejuvenator, microsurfacing, diamond grinding, curb and brick repair, major rehab of Ash Street from 23rd to 27th, and shoulders along portions of 8th Street and Old Highway 40 east of Vine Street.
Commissioners will also hear a proposed annexation of property at Highway 183 Bypass and West 33rd Street. Because it is noncontiguous to the city limits, the Ellis County Commission had to also approve the request, which is has done.
ELLIS — James B. Hansonwill be interviewing for the position of superintendent with the board of education on Thursday evening.
Hanson is the third of three candidates that the USD 388 Ellis Board of Education will be interviewing.Candidates were selected for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed with input from a focus survey, which were utilized throughout the search process.
Hanson is currently serving as the Principal in USD 409 at Atchison High School. He is in his third year in that position.Previously, Hanson served as Middle School Principal at Atchison from 2010-12 and as an Assistant Principal at Galena High School USD 499 for 2 years.Hanson’s teaching experience prior to that consisted of being the Social Studies Teacher at Mill Valley High School-DeSoto School District USD 232 for two years and was also the Social Studies Teacher at Shawnee Mission East High School for three years.
James B. Hanson’sSchedule
12:00-1:00 pm Meet at district office with John and Connie – lunch @ Arthur’s
(Time permitting:Bus Barn – Weightroom/Wrestling Room)
1:00-2:20 Tour district facilities – 2 Stuco reps. – Connie will bring candidate
1:00-1:30 – HS
1:35 -2:05 – GS
2:10-2:20 – OHS – Stuco reps returned to HS
2:25 – 2:55 Tour of the community – Jeff Augustine, Comm. representative will pick up at OHS
3:00 – 3:30 Candidate meets with Superintendent Young @ HS
3:40 – 4:30 Meet and greet for public and staff – HS Lobby – South End
4:30 – 5:30 Break – Connie will return candidate to district office to personal vehicle
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner with candidate, guest/spouse and BOE @ Ellis Golf Club
6:30 – 9:30 Formal interview, Special BOE meeting in executive session @ HS Library
