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2025 Kansas Budget approved by lawmakers - SUBV shares our concerns
We’ve compiled news excerpts detailing the state budget approved by the KsLeg March 27, along with our comments. Links to each news...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Apr 73 min read
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Kansas neighbors, have you seen our elefcted officials anywhere?
BV resident Krista Gordon, who has worked in BV public schools for 10 years and whose kids attended BV Schools, highlights a concern that...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Apr 51 min read
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The first in a series of assaults on voting rights
By the slimmest margin possible, Kansas voters lost their rights to a 3-day grace period on mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day....
Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 252 min read
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Email your legislators: Vote NO on veto override
Email your legislators NOW: Vote NO on the veto override to repeal 3-day ballot grace period. Find your legislators and their email...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 252 min read
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SPED not fully funded = SCHOOLS are not fully funded
Despite having enough revenue to do so, the Kansas Legislature has refused for years to fully fund excess Special Education costs - which...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 222 min read
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Area Superintendents write letter to KsLeg: "This is not sustainable"
URGENT: Superintendents of Blue Valley, Olathe, and Shawnee Mission Schools have issued a joint letter to KsLeg asking for a budget that...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 191 min read
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Email your KS Representative today to oppose vouchers
Email your State Representative now to OPPOSE SB 87 or any other expansion of voucher-like schemes that divert public dollars to...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 91 min read
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SUBV submits testimony in opposition to voucher expansion
SB 87 passed the KS Senate last month; Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted in favor of giving even more tax dollars to private schools and...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 73 min read
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How are BV-area State Senators' votes impacting our kids and their BV Schools?
Voting AGAINST Blue Valley last week, State Senators Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted to divert even more taxpayer dollars to private...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Feb 233 min read
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McMullen votes against Mental Health Supports AGAIN
Casting the lone “NO” vote at the Feb. 10 BV School Board meeting, member Jim McMullen voted against the district accepting a state...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Feb 211 min read
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Which BV-area senators voted to make it harder for your vote to be counted?
The Kansas Senate passed a bill Wed., Feb 5, to eliminate the 3-day grace period for mailed ballots - postmarked on or before Election...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Feb 72 min read
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SUBV submits testimony opposing voucher-style SB 75
Kansas Senate Education Committee has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28 on SB 75, this year's first iteration of a school...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Jan 262 min read
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Election 2024 - Preliminary Blue Valley results
Preliminary results indicate that all BV-area pro-public education incumbents in the Kansas Legislature have retained their seats. We...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Nov 7, 20244 min read
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Croft, Holiday discuss dissolving School Board
JoCo MAGA candidates are posing as “moderates” in campaign commercials, mailers, and texts. But behind your back, they’re plotting...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Nov 3, 20243 min read
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How much money has AFP spent (so far) on BV candidates in 2024?
In their efforts to keep the voucher-supporting, anti-tax supermajority in the KS Legislature, Americans for Prosperity has spent almost...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Nov 3, 20242 min read
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How does Kellie Warren's voting record compare to Sen. Cindy Holscher's?
We’ve documented 11 key votes taken between 2019 and 2023 by both State Sen. Cindy Holscher (who we’ve endorsed since 2016) and Sen....
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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When they say they "voted to fully fund schools..."
Kellie Warren, Carl Turner, Chris Croft, and Sean Tarwater love to say they voted to “fully fund our public schools.” Here’s what they...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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The Best Reason to Vote
Your vote impacts the education our children receive. It impacts their future. Many of us moved to Blue Valley for the schools. Our...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Jason Anderson for Senate 35
We’ve endorsed Jason Anderson for BV-area Senate District 35. Anderson is a Blue Valley dad, public education advocate, and technology...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Kellie Warren voted to make drop boxes ILLEGAL
Kellie Warren voted in 2023 to make drop boxes ILLEGAL as a way to return mail ballots. Despite assurances from local and state election...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Americans for Prosperity is back.
Virginia-based Americans For Prosperity spent over $100,000 to help Kellie Warren beat Sen. John Skubal in the 2020 Republican primary -...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 25, 20242 min read
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Gov. Laura Kelly endorses Karen Thurlow for Senate 11
Gov. Laura Kelly speaks out on Kellie Warren's deceptive campaign claims, and endorses corporate attorney Karen Thurlow in this critical...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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It's Time for O'Hara to GO.
We’ve endorsed nonprofit executive, community volunteer, and longtime Blue Valley resident Julie Brewer for County Commission. We’re...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Blue Valley parents vs. AFP
Here’s your periodic reminder that Americans for Prosperity (AFP) does NOT care about Blue Valley kids, their schools, our community, or...
Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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