Lawrence Journal-World 02-19-13

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Mayor seeks details about agreements

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Week’s kite-flying weather has come and gone

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

It is decision day — sort of — for the idea of a $25 million, city-owned recreation center. Commissioners at their meeting tonight are set to take their biggest vote yet on the long-debated project, but Mayor Bob Schumm said Monday he will delay final approval of a key development agreement until the city gets more information. Specifically, Schumm said he wants a better understanding of how Kansas University Endowment and Lawrence businessman Thomas Fritzel propose to operate KU’s portions of Rock Chalk Park, which Schumm will include a track and field stadium, soccer field, softball facilities and other amenities next to the city’s recreation center. “I was promised by Thomas Fritzel that those agreements would be made public, and I’m going to hold his feet to the fire on that,� Schumm said.

Details sought Schumm said he will ask his fellow commissioners to withhold final approval of a development agreement to build the recreation center until agreements between KU entities and Fritzel’s Bliss Sports are made public. The development agreement between the city and KU Endowment’s private corporation RCP LLC spells out how the city will contribute millions of dollars to help build infrastructure to support Rock Chalk Park, will provide a property tax abatement for the project and will rebate almost $1 million in city fees that normally would be charged to the development. Please see MAYOR, page 2A

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NICHOLAS PORTER, A KANSAS UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN from Overland Park, launches a kite in a brisk wind Monday. According to the National Weather Service, between six inches and eight inches of snow, along with sleet, will hit the area beginning Wednesday night and extending into Thursday evening.

Winter storm watch begins Wednesday Up to 8 inches of 2013 PRECIPITATION snow predicted Here’s how temperature and preBy Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Think it’s been an easy winter? Don’t be so sure — it’s not over yet. The National Weather Service is forecasting between six and eight inches of snow, along with sleet, to hit the area beginning Wednesday night and extending into Thursday evening. Monday afternoon, NWS issued a winter storm watch for much of the area, in-

cipitation totals for the area stack up in 2013 so far:

January recorded just less than an inch of precipitation, slightly below the historical average. February, meanwhile, is slightly above average for

the month so far, recording .84 inches.

Average daily temperatures in January 2013 were nearly three degrees above average at 32.6. February’s average temperature of 35.7 is about one degree above average.

cluding Douglas County. The watch is in effect from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday evening. The watch warns of snow-packed roads and ice on trees and power lines, which could lead to power outages. Shawn Byrne, NWS mete-

orologist, said the Lawrence area will likely see an “allsnow scenario,� while some areas south of Lawrence — such as Franklin County — could see more ice accumulation. Traveling conditions will probably be most treacherous

Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Byrne said. “Get your traveling done before Wednesday evening,� he said. Temperatures are expected to hover in the high 20s and low 30s through Thursday evening. The snow and rain are expected to clear out by Friday. The Journal-World was unable to reach Lawrence officials to find out about snow preparation and streetclearing plans because city offices were closed Monday for Presidents Day. — Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173.

Middle school slavery lesson modified after concerns raised By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

For several years, Mike Wormsley has used a role-playing exercise to give his eighthgrade social studies students a physical sense of what slavery felt like. During the two-week assignment, Wormsley would have his students at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School take

on the roles of being While Lawrence both slaves and slave school district officials owners. At the end of say they support the the unit, students would role-playing exercise discuss and write about and believe it has educathe emotional impact of tional value, they scaled being in those roles. back the assignment to Part of the exercise inend the physical simulaSCHOOLS volved having students tion of shackles. — including African-American “We asked that that not take students — wear mock shack- place,� said Adam Holden, Lawles in school to make them feel rence’s assistant superintendent more like slaves. But no more. for teaching and learning. “We

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and light chain� and did not replicate the feel of actual wrought iron shackles. Still, for some African-American district officials, even that was going a bit too far. “I’m usually pretty good about Use of shackles at issue my emotions, but that — the Wormsley did not respond thought of shackles — brought to requests to be interviewed an emotional response in me,� for this story. But Jeff Harkin, said Kevin Harrell, the disprincipal at the school, said the Please see LESSON, page 2A shackles were made of “clips certainly understood what he was trying to do, but the notion of actually physically doing that was not something we felt was appropriate for school-age children.�

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Committee goes against governor on KU Med funding

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The Senate Ways and Means Committee decided to strike $10 million from the budget that was proposed to help KU Med build a new training facility. Page 3A

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