Lawrence Journal-World 08-24-2015

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MONDAY • AUGUST 24 • 2015

JUST WHAT THE PATIENT ORDERED?

Elementary class sizes worry some area parents State budget cuts hit Langston Hughes, Quail Run, Deerfield By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

Some Lawrence parents noticed full classrooms with the return to school last week, particularly at some of the district’s elementary schools where class-size thresholds are highest. Mikayla Swart’s For us to lower fourth-grade daughter is in a class of 30 the threshold at Deerfield Elementary School. Swart by one costs said she’s concerned about half a about individual at- million dollars. tention for the stu- It amounts to dents and the ability of the teacher to about 10 teachers that we’d have handle the class. “For me, I hope to hire.” that behavioral issues and things like that can be ad- — Vanessa Sanburn, dressed without the president of the Lawrence teacher having to school board take her attention away from the entire class,” Swart said. Class-size thresholds are set by district policy and vary by grade and poverty level at each school. For the most affluent elementary schools in the district — Langston Hughes, Quail Run and Deerfield — that means classes in the fourth and fifth grade can have up to 31 students, as opposed to others in the district that have a threshold of 29 or 30. Swart said several other parents have expressed concern about the fourth grade at Deerfield, the three sections of which have 30 or 31 students each.

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DR. ERIC HUERTER VISITS with patient Sarah Spencer at his practice at Reed Medical Group, 404 Maine St. Huerter has joined a concierge medicine group called MDVIP.

‘Concierge medicine’ turns health care on its head By Michelle Tevis Twitter: @WellCommons

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om Bryce needs a new doctor. Bryce, of Lawrence, has been under the primary care of Lawrence physician Dr. Steve Dillon for more than 20 years. “Dr. Dillon is a fantastic doctor,” Bryce said. “I’ll miss him.” Why the change? Dillon is one of two

doctors in Lawrence who have joined a “concierge medicine” practice, a model new to Lawrence that has some patients questioning what their health care future looks like in Lawrence.

What is it? “Concierge medicine” is a relationship be-

Please see CLASS, page 6A

Where have the lilacs gone?

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Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

fter hearing all the lilacs had suddenly disappeared from Kansas University’s Lilac Lane I thought, “No way,” and went to see for myself. Sure enough, every bush has been ripped out, and there’s just

mud where they once lined the street behind Fraser Hall. At least for this KU/Oread neighborhood alumna — who walked through them daily for years, and has a soft spot for both history and flowers (I’m not as old as that makes me sound,

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The namesake lilacs of Kansas University’s Lilac Lane have disappeared. But after a short hiatus, they’ll soon return.

I promise) — it was a disconcerting sight. Turns out there’s no need for outrage. The lilacs, which were removed last week, will be replaced with new ones around late September, KU

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Please see LILACS, page 2A

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tween a patient Inside: He’s no Two Lawand a primary concierge, but rence primary care physician local physician care physicians in which the Dr. Ryan Neuhofel have moved into patient pays an is exploring a new the concierge annual fee or model for primary realm. retainer. It’s not care. 5A Steve Dillon a new concept: and Eric Huerter The first concierge medi- have decided to affiliate cine practices started in with MDVIP, an orgaSeattle in 1996, according nization of doctors who to Concierge Medicine follow its practice model. Today, a trade publication MDVIP doctors charge an that also runs a research Please see PATIENT, page 5A collective on the industry.

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String it along Hundreds of spectators spent Sunday in South Park taking in the fun at the Kansas State Fiddling & Picking Championships. Page 3A

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