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Author Archives: Rafael Garcia

Garcia was an education reporter at The Wichita Beacon and Report for America corps member.

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JAG-K career specialist Tony Evans
Posted inEducation

This program is helping more Kansas students graduate, and it’s expanding

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia January 24, 2022August 7, 2022

Tony Evans stands at the entrance to his Wichita Heights High School classroom each morning and greets each of the nearly 40 students in his Jobs for America’s Graduates – Kansas classes. He makes small talk with some or jokes to get the attention of others – especially when the students might not be fully […]

A temperature screening kiosk greets students entering the Casado Campus Center at Friends University as they return for the first day of the spring semester Monday. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

Students are back at Wichita colleges, but the COVID-19 picture remains murky

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia January 14, 2022August 7, 2022
wichita school board meeting on january 10
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Cutting through ‘the chaos’: What happened at Wichita’s school board meeting on Monday

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia January 11, 2022August 7, 2022
Wichita USD 259 officials are hoping to expedite repairs to Wichita East High School’s science wing, which shut down this semester because of structural issues. (Rafael Garcia/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

Why Wichita USD 259 is fast-tracking repairs to this 99-year-old high school

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia January 7, 2022August 7, 2022
Servers at Buckner Performing Arts Elementary School work students through the lunch line on the last day of school before the holiday break. (Rafael Garcia/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

School lunch is a food and people business. Wichita USD 259’s challenge is finding either.

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia December 22, 2021August 7, 2022
Truc Dao leaves a note of encouragement for her fellow classmates at Wichita South High School during finals week. (Alex Unruh/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

Wichita teens want a bigger voice in meeting their mental health needs

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia December 17, 2021August 7, 2022
Spencer Newman, a fourth-grader at Earhart Environmental Magnet Elementary, checks on the chickens housed at the campus. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

How you can snag a spot for your student at one of Wichita’s magnet schools

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia December 13, 2021August 7, 2022
Registered nurse Krista Weaver and her nephew Les Weaver demonstrate how students receive medical care at Haysville USD 261’s school-based health clinic. (Photo illustration by Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

A KU Wichita Pediatrics pilot program brings health care into schools, and it’s keeping students in class

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia December 7, 2021August 7, 2022
Canva art of student taking test Math and reading scores dipped on the Kansas Assessment Program tests administered earlier this year, which could hint at academic disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Canva)
Posted inEducation

How to find your student’s Kansas state assessment scores and what they mean

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia November 30, 2021April 20, 2023
Mental health continues to be a pressing concern for Kansas schools, and leading children’s mental health organizations have called “a national state of emergency” over the situation. (Rafael Garcia/The Beacon).
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‘Our kids are grieving’: Children’s mental health is a national emergency, and Wichita isn’t immune

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia November 24, 2021August 7, 2022

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