Dear Editor: April reminds us of our shared responsibility for the well-being and healthy development of children and families, which is crucial for the future health of Kansas. National Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month is a perfect time to emphasize that prevention thrives on collaboration.

Dear Stakeholders of USD#271, The Board of Education wants to address some concerns which have arisen over the past few weeks. It has been a challenging time for all involved within our district.

I'm a senior at Stockton High, and I want to bring to your attention a situation that happened today. According to the USDA's national standard for school lunches, MyPlate (the system we use currently; we have around 6-8 posters in our lunchroom reminding us of this fact), the range for a 14+-yearold teenager (the age range of an eighth grader as the minimum, mind you) is ~1600 calories per day.

To all patrons of USD 271. I would like to use this format to express my concerns as a member of the school board. Thirty odd years ago we moved our kids into this district with the hopes of a great education. We had no regrets. I have been on the board for nearly two years. My motivation was simple… my grandkids attend here and from all information I had available to me, they were attending a “failing school.” I thought I had a responsibility to use what, if any, experience/knowledge I have as an educator for the past 30 years, to simply help pull us out of this situation. I quickly learned that not only was the concern academic but financial as well. It was difficult to watch the huge number of students moving out of our district, which further added to the financial burden. When Mrs. Armstrong started as the superintendent, these problems were already on the table; all concerns inherited from years of mistakes and mismanagement. I am not insinuating that any of that was purposeful or intentional, however the only way to move forward was to see and admit what was not working. Keep the good, get rid of the bad!

Dear Bart and Susan: I just wanted to comment on, guess what, 'Illegal Immigration.' I don't know how many people are keeping up with this. The last time we had a problem with this that I know of was when I was sheriff and one of the 'Maralito' boat people from a Cuban Prison was in this country and ended up in Stockton and robbed and beat one of our citizens such that when we found her, she could hardly be recognized she was so bloody and bruised.

Dear Editor: This letter is about the feral cats around town. The people need to start a fund to live-catch and get the cats spayed and neutered.

Dear Editor, In today's world we are told the 'Primary Source' of information is in one place. That is a wrong assumption and statement to make.

Dear Bart & Susan: The late Kansas State Representative Delbert Gross came to Stockton on occasion. He was our representative until redistricting.

Dear Editor: The time has come for “confusion” to go “beddy- bye” as the rapidly approaching “Holy Season,” time change and local elections need to be focused on now. All you Sentinel readers are now “certified geniuses” like Confusion and me because you now know a lot of stuff.

Hey, I saw a great thing. Although it has been done in the past, only today did it resonate in my brain.