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Body Stockton’s Pumpkin Patch was held this past weekend (October 1st and 2nd) and can only be described as a “smashing success!

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Body The Stockton USD 271 Board of Education members held a special meeting on Wednesday, September 28th. First on the agenda was reviewing and fine tuning the goals of the school, which focus on academic achievement, assessment data, social and emotional data and the five-year plan.

Body The Stockton students are pumping up the spirit every day of this Homecoming week before it all culminates with the crowning of the queen and king before the home football game this Friday, October 7th!

Body The 2022 Stockton High School Homecoming event is featured in this issue of the Sentinel. A special pull-out section is devoted to individual photos of the football, volleyball, cross country, cheer and dance teams, and Homecoming royalty candidates and their sponsors.

Body An alarming trend has begun following the release of enrollment numbers Tuesday, September 20, for USD 271 School District. For the second consecutive year, enrollment figures for USD 271 have shown a significant drop.

Body Cricket Schmidt from the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville was among the group of 33 students who graduated from the Kansas Hospital Association Leadership Institute on September 8. The event was held at the KHA Annual Convention Trade Show in Overland park, Kansas.

Body The one-cent sales tax to pay for the Stockton City Swimming Pool began on January 1st, 2017, with the new pool opening that summer on Tuesday, July 25th. It was figured that the generated tax increase would be between $13,500.00 to $14,500.

Body Old Business for the Stockton City Commission on Tuesday, September 20th, started with the approval of the Nex-Tech agreements with the City dealing with the service agreement and $1.00 per access line.

Body Meeting with the Rooks County Commissioners on Tuesday, September 20th was Ronda Morgan from the appraiser’s office. Morgan was in to get approval for the purchase of several shirts and sweatshirts for the office employees that had been ordered throughout the year.