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As the first quarter of the 2023-24 school year has come to an end, the teachers at Central City Public Schools look forward to sharing student progress with parents/guardians at the upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences, scheduled for this Thursday, October 26th from 1:00 - 7:00. It is evident from our aesthetics that Central City Public Schools is a place to be proud of, but what sometimes goes less noticed is the work our students and teachers put in during the school day to improve their academic capabilities. Students learn a wide range of topics throughout any given school day and their education helps shape who they become as adults. Parent teacher conferences are an opportunity for parents, not only to learn more about their child’s progress, but to celebrate the academic achievement they have made thus far. Teachers enjoy the opportunity to reflect on each individual student’s progress in their classroom and foster additional relationships that extend beyond the classroom.

Scams, advertising and political scare tactics. Those three things are what I most encounter in any given day when I pick up my phone.

An exciting addition to Central City High School this year has been the introduction of a Mechatronics program offered in conjunction with Central Community College. Mechatronics covers a wide range of skills needed in the modern automated manufacturing industry, and students who participate in this program explore computer automated machines and develop problem solving and troubleshooting skills in mechanical, electrical, fluid power and programming areas.

Here’s an EPIC Option for fixing the tax code The past two weeks in this space we have looked at our abysmal tax system and I have hammered on the principle that the government should promote economic productivity, not penalize it. Sadly, however, our current tax system not only punishes productivity but also allows far too many citizens to benefit from government goods and services without personal cost. (State government statistics show 40 percent of Nebraskans pay no income or property taxes.)

Someone asked me the other day what was going on and I kind of froze for a minute because I wasn’t really sure. Not because we haven’t been out covering things, but instead because we have hit the time of the year where things move too fast to stop and think.

Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator Our Abysmal Tax Code – Part 2 “Nothing is certain except death and taxes,” observed Benjamin Franklin. Since he penned that proverb in 1789 taxes have taken many new forms with deadly consequences for our economy.