The Harvey County Health Department offered a health and dental clinic Friday for Sunset Elementary School students.
The Newton school board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at McKinley Administrative Center.
With the new school configuration for 2010-11, Newton USD 373 will operate free shuttle buses for students, between Santa Fe 5th/6th Center and Chisholm Middle School.
Next week not only signals the start of school for hundreds of students in the Newton school system but a new school configuration for grades five through eight.
Ground has been broken and utility work is under way on a $2 million expansion of St. Mary Catholic School.
Kenneth Willard has served two terms on the Kansas Board of Education representing District 7, which encompasses most of central and south-central Kansas, including Harvey County. Willard faces a relatively unopposed re-election this year to what would be his third term in office.
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education on Monday discussed a proposal relating to sports teams at the high school and middle school levels.