Campaigns are underway for Board of Education seats in ten local districts, and election day will be Tuesday, April 3. The KC Education Enterprise is asking each candidate to respond to a list of questions that may help voters decide how to cast their ballots. Dixie Youngers, an incumbent who is running for election to the North Kansas … Continue reading
The North Kansas City School District’s Board of Education will meet Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. Before the meeting, board members will attend a dinner co-sponsored with the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA). This morning, the MSTA coordinated an event in Jefferson City during which district leaders had the opportunity to meet with state legislators. Missouri’s General Assembly … Continue reading
The Kansas City, Kansas Public School District’s Board of Education is scheduled to meet Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m. Tonight’s agenda appears to be dedicated primarily to the routine but necessary business of governance, such as renewing insurance policies and paying bills. Probably the most significant agenda item is a public hearing regarding this year’s budget. Administrators are amending … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, board members have a fairly routine schedule tonight. There are only three topics on the action agenda. Two are proclamations, one in honor of Youth Art Month and the other in honor of Substitute Teacher Recognition Week. A third action item … Continue reading
Center School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda, such as requesting bids for services and overseeing personnel changes, board members will consider approving two policy updates. Staff/Student Relations and Programs for Gifted Students are the two policies being updated. Most significant of the two is … Continue reading
Campaigns are underway for Board of Education seats in ten local districts, and election day will be Tuesday, April 3. The KC Education Enterprise is asking each candidate to respond to a list of questions that may help voters decide how to cast their ballots. Jay Wilson, who is running for election to the North Kansas City School … Continue reading
Campaigns are underway for Board of Education seats in ten local districts, and election day will be Tuesday, April 3. The KC Education Enterprise is asking each candidate to respond to a list of questions that may help voters decide how to cast their ballots. Jeff “Chip” Luerding, who is running for election to the North Kansas City … Continue reading
The Raymore-Peculiar School District’s Board of Education met this evening, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda, such as hearing a business report and reviewing the district’s energy management program, board members approved two new policies. Most significant of the two was the policy regulating staff communication with students online. According to SB 1 — a rewritten version of … Continue reading
The Park Hill School District’s Board of Education is meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. In addition to more routine items on the agenda, such as paying bills and approving bids for summer construction projects, board members have a full schedule. Significant agenda items include consideration of redistricting, the multi-tier busing proposal and a number of new district policies. … Continue reading
The Lee’s Summit School District Board of Education meets Thursday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda such paying the bills and considering a request to hold a community dance event at a district high school, board members have a full schedule this evening. Among other business, they will hear a report from Superintendent David … Continue reading