Gordon Parks gets brief reprieve
Gordon Parks Elementary School can finish out its extended school year, which last into June. The decision came today while supporters were having a press conference urging the state to reconsider closing the school.
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2013 graduate celebrates the diversity of her urban high school
As she prepared to graduate last weekend, Tiffani Painter said coming to DeLaSalle Charter High School from her small rural community changed her life – in a good way. Photo by Mike Sinclair.
Tiffani Painter was living a normal life in Warsaw, ...
Volker charter school’s closing shocks staff and students
The closing of Gordon Parks Elementary Charter School is a tragedy, according to one of the school’s founders.
Dorothy Curry said yesterday that the school’s board, teachers and students were shocked to learn the State Board of Education ...
The history behind DeLaSalle’s $8 million Troost expansion
Reprinted from the February 2013 Hyde Parker newsletter
When the DeLaSalle Education Center opens an expanded 300-student campus this fall, it will be the latest chapter in a Troost Avenue development saga that began more than 100 years ago.
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School district seeks input on reestablishing middle schools
The Kansas City School District wants advice from the community about whether it should reestablish middle schools.
The district eliminated middle schools in 2010, breaking students into just two groups: pre-kindergarten through sixth grade; ...
DeLaSalle school upgrading Troost facility
Construction crews have been working at DeLaSalle Education Center, 3740 Forest, for the past month. They’re building an addition to the existing high school. When it’s completed, the school will have a new Troost address.
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Parents, has Longan School changed since 1940?
They just don’t make ponies like that anymore. Over at the KC Public Library’s website, there’s an online historical exhibit of kids in the Kansas City Public Schools. For example, here’s one photo of kindergartners at Longan School ...
Crowdsourcing project helping to fund Académie Lafayette playground
At the Académie Lafayette in Hyde Park, children enjoy the swings on the new school’s playground during breaks from class. Parents are fundraising online in hopes of raising money for additional playground equipment.
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Acadèmie Lafayette invites the neighborhood in for a tour
For some community members, last night’s open house was the first chance to see what’s going on in the former Longan School at 3421 Cherry. The school was the first of the “repurposed” Kansas City Schools to be reopened. It’s now a ...
Acadèmie Lafayette invites community to open house
The former Longan School in Hyde Park has been converted to a French language immersion charter school. The school is holding an open house tomorrow to let the community see what’s going on at its Cherry Street location.
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