Lawrence Journal-World 11-10-2016

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For area voters, Trump win brings disappointment, hope By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

On the other side of a presidential election that favored Donald Trump, area voters are expressing surprise and disappointment, but also some optimism, as they come to terms

with the unexpected results. “For me, it was just an incredible shock,” said Lawrence resident Cynthia Haines. “I was watching the returns and I thought, ‘OK, things will start to turn at a certain point.’ And they never did. I just thought I’d go to sleep and wake up in

the morning and that it was just a bad dream, but it wasn’t.” Even if they were surprised by the results, others said they saw the outcome as an accurate reflection of a changing mood in the country. “The people in politics wanted (Hillary Clinton), but

I think that just shows that the American people were ready to move beyond traditional politicians,” said Tonganoxie resident Debra Fickler, an area health care worker who voted for Trump. As predicted, Trump carried the state of Kansas with

large margins. While the state’s historically Republican showing likely meant few voters expected Kansas’ electoral votes to go to Clinton, some said they cast a ballot for her on principle.

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Baldwin City resident worked in defense plants, trained as pilot in WWII By Elvyn Jones l ejones @ljworld.com

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n a coffee table in Pat Young’s living room is a stack of books on Amelia Earhart. “I guess you could say she had a big Inside: influence on me,” the Area events 96-year-old rural Baldplanned for win City resident said, Veterans adding that she wrote Day. 2A a letter to the famed Kansas-born aviator while a student at Argentine High School in Kansas City, Kan.

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BALDWIN CITY RESIDENT PAT YOUNG, 95, IS PICTURED WITH A NEARLY 70-YEAR-OLD PHOTOGRAPH OF HERSELF climbing into a PT-19 Fairchild plane when she was almost 26 years old. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

More Kansas students at both top and bottom of assessment scores

Kansas Dems add 12 in House; controversy in Finney County

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Lawrence’s results mirror statewide trend By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — Kansas schools saw an increase last year in the number of students at both the top and bottom achievement levels on state reading and math tests, the Kansas Department of Education said Wednesday. During the State Board of Education’s monthly meeting, Watson Education Commissioner Randy Watson released results of the most recent round of state tests in math and English lan-

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guage arts. The scores were from tests students took last spring, which was only the second year of tests taken under a new system aligned with the state’s new College and Career Ready Standards. The increased polarization of scores into the top and bottom categories showed up consistently across grade levels and within different racial and economic subgroups of students. That trend also showed up at the individual district

level, including the Lawrence school district, which tended to have higher average scores than the state as a whole. Watson, however, cautioned people against putting too much emphasis on the test scores, saying they now are only one of several factors used in judging the performance of schools and their districts. “For 15 years, we would just say here’s the score. Let’s rank-order schools and let’s call them good or bad based on that test on that one day,” Watson said.

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well before the election. According to unofficial results from Tuesday night — which still weren’t

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Topeka — Democrats running for the Kansas House took over 13 Republican seats in Tuesday’s elections, but lost one of their own, which probably gives them enough to form a governing coalition with moderate Republicans on key issues like taxes and education spending. But Democrats gained only one seat in the Kansas Senate, far fewer than they had hoped, and even it was a seat that Republicans had all but conceded

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fully complete late Wednesday morning due to late reporting in Johnson County — Democrats will hold 40 of 125 seats in the Kansas House next year and nine of 40 in the Kansas Senate. The one Senate seat Democrats gained was the 25th District in Wichita, where incumbent Michael O’Donnell stepped down to run for county commission. Democrat Lynn Rogers beat opponent Jim

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