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Riverside Elementary School was first opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1889 as a one room school. It operated until 1892 at which time it was closed for a year. However, in 1893 the school was reopened and Riverside has been in session every year since then. The school has been housed in four locations throughout Wichita. The current building at 1001 Porter was opened in 1910. Enrollment hit an all time high in the late 1950s with 505 students. Where did they put them all? Enrollment remained high through the mid 1950s but a steady decline in enrollment began later in that same decade.
In 1990, with an enrollment of less than 170 students, Riverside was faced with a dilemma: be merged with another school, be closed altogether or find a way to bring more students into the building. A committee of proactive parents was formed by the PTO to look into alternative choices for the school. After much discussion, the committee endorsed making Riverside a magnet school. Due to the location of the school, the committee suggested a magnet focus of cultural arts and history which would take advantage of the proximity of area museums. In addition to the Wichita Art Museum, the Mid-America All Indian Center, Botanica, Cowtown, Wichita Historical Museum, the Wichita Omnisphere, Wichita Children's Museum and Exploration Place, are all within a short distance of the school. The idea was approved by the neighborhood, PTO and the Board of Education.
Riverside opened the 1991 school year with a new name: Riverside Cultural Arts and History Magnet School. In addition to a new name, an innovative method of educating children was embraced which enabled them to learn in an integrated, thematic fashion which prioritized hands-on experiences. Enrollment jumped the first year to over 280 students. Due to its innovative approach to education, enrollment continued to increase and now averages about 320 students each year. Riverside is looking forward to continuing its role as the longest operating campus in Wichita.
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The Wichita Art Museum is an art museum located in Wichita, Kansas. It was established in 1915, when Louise Murdock’s Will created a trust to start a collection of art works by “American painters, potters, sculptors, and textile weavers.” The collection includes works by Mary Cassatt, Arthur G. Dove, Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyshoi, John Marin, Horace Pippin, Maurice Prendergast, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Charles Sheeler. The Museum's lobby features a ceiling and chandelier made by Dale Chihuly.
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Wichita (pronounced /ˈwɪtʃɪtaː/), also known as the Air Capital of the World, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. In July of 2006, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Wichita ninth on its list of the 10 best big cities to live in the United States. The city is home to six major aircraft manufacturing companies and McConnell Air Force Base. Wichita is located in South Central Kansas on the Arkansas River, and is the county seat of Sedgwick County. It is also the home of a National Weather Service Forecast Office which serves portions of central, south-central, and southeast Kansas.
The city's population was 344,284 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 357,698 in the year 2006,[3] making it the 50th largest city in the United States. The Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, and Sumner counties, has a 2007 estimated population of 596,452 persons residing in 245,159 households, making it the 84th largest MSA in the United States. The Wichita-Winfield Combined Statistical Area also includes Cowley County and has an estimated population of 630,703. Nearby Reno County is not a part of the Wichita MSA or CSA, but the Census reported a population estimate of 63,832 in Reno County in 2003.
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After the census was tabulated, Utah challenged the results in two different ways. Utah was extremely close to gaining a fourth congressional seat, falling 857 people short, which in turn was allocated to North Carolina. The Census Bureau counted members of the military and other federal civilian employees serving abroad as residents of their home state, but did not count other individuals living outside the United States. Utah claimed that individuals traveling abroad as religious missionaries should be counted as residents and that the failure to do so imposed a burden on Mormon religious practice. Almost half of all Mormon missionaries, more than 11,000 individuals, were from Utah; only 102 came from North Carolina. If this policy were changed, then Utah would have received an additional seat instead of North Carolina. On November 26, 2002, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling that rejected Utah's efforts to have Mormon missionaries counted.[3]
The state of Utah then filed another lawsuit alleging that the statistical methods used in computing the state populations were improper and cost Utah the seat. The Bureau uses a method called imputation to assign a number of residents to addresses where residents cannot be reached after multiple efforts. While nationwide the imputation method added .4% to the population, the rate in Utah was .2%. The state challenged that the use of imputation violates the Census Act of 1957 and that it also fails the Constitution's requirement in Article I, Section 2 that an "actual enumeration" be used for apportionment.[4] This case, Utah v. Evans, made it to the Supreme Court, but Utah was again defeated.[5]
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Monta Ellis is receiving one of the largest raises in NBA history. As the 40th player selected in the 2005 draft, Ellis was paid just $770,610 last season. He will earn $11 million in 2008-2009.
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