Commission to propose year-round pre-kindergarten
Would year-round pre-kindergarten help prepare Kansas City students for school? A commission thinks so and will recommend a change to the school board tomorrow. File photo, students arriving for the first day of school of Gordon Parks Elementary ...
Sale of Westport Middle raises concerns about Midtown school capacity
Photo from DRAFT Westport High & Middle Reuse Strategy.
After hearing concerns about losing school buildings in Midtown, the Kansas City School Board last night approved the sale of Westport Middle School for redevelopment as a mixed-use ...
School board to vote on Westport Middle School proposal
The future of closed Westport Middle School will be a topic of consideration for the Kansas City school board next week.
The school is one of the closed Kansas City schools being offered for sale as part of the repurposing effort.
The repurposing ...
School district celebrates higher test scores
The Kansas City Public Schools tripled the district’s performance standard and it is just getting started, officials said today.
Superintendent Steve Green called the scores on the state’s rating system the start of “a renaissance for ...
Time to register for Kansas City Public Schools
We hate to be the bearer of bad news, kids, but its time to at least start thinking about the beginning of the next school year.
To that end, the Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) is encouraging families to immediately register their students ...
School district says its closer to provisional accreditation
The Kansas City School District is celebrating – with caution – its most recent test scores.
The district has been unaccredited since early 2012 and is facing a deadline to reach provisional accreditation or state takeover.
“Preliminary ...
Enrollment event for Hale Cook, reopening as a neighborhood school
The Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) and the Friends of Hale Cook are inviting families of kindergarten and first-grade students within the Hale Cook school boundaries to attend a special enrollment event at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, ...
Get involved with school district through online forum
Many parents interested in improving the Kansas City Public Schools find it hard to attend meetings.
But there’s a new option.
You can now weigh in on important issues from home.
The Kansas City School District is soliciting ideas for improvements ...
Reminder: Second Westport schools repurposing meeting Saturday
Westport High School, closed June 3, 2010, may soon have a new life.
The two developers short-listed for redevelopment of Westport High and Westport Middle Schools will present their updated plans on Saturday.
The two schools are among the surplus ...
New website for input to KC school district
The Kansas City Public Schools has launched a new website to help it gather family and community feedback.
Here’s more from the district’s press release:
Powered by MindMixer and the ideas of engaged citizens, www.kcpsforum.org will ...
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