Four local school boards met during the first week of February. Click on the hyperlinks for more information about each meeting. Kansas Bonner Springs/Edwardsville Turner Olathe Missouri Liberty ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources: http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up for a free subscription to … Continue reading
Olathe School District’s Board of Education met Thursday evening, Feb. 7. From a policy standpoint, the highlights of their agenda were: A report, Implementing Changes to the Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. According to the agenda: Improving child nutrition is the focal point of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The … Continue reading
Turner School District’s Board of Education met Tuesday evening, Feb. 5. From a policy standpoint, the highlight of their agenda was unanimous approval of revisions to two policies governing “Enrollment” and “Non-Resident Student Enrollment Procedures.” The agenda described the changes as “Language revisions that allow for resident students that move out in their fourth consecutive semester … Continue reading
The Bonner Springs/Edwardsville School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening, Feb. 4. From a policy standpoint, the highlight of their agenda was a proposal to add preschool programs at each elementary school. ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources:http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up for a … Continue reading
Five local school boards met during the fifth week of January. Click on the hyperlinks for more information about each meeting. Kansas Gardner Edgerton Shawnee Mission Spring Hill Missouri Belton Center. ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources: http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up for a … Continue reading
Center School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening, Jan. 28. From a policy standpoint, the highlight of their agenda was a proposal to revise their policy governing “Graduation Requirements.” ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources:http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up for a free subscription to … Continue reading
Belton School District’s Board of Education met Thursday evening, Jan. 31. From a policy standpoint, the highlights of their agenda were: A safety and security update in the wake of the shootings at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School An update on candidates who filed to run for election to the school board. ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter … Continue reading
The Spring Hill School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening, Jan. 28. From a policy standpoint, the highlight of their agenda was unanimous approval of a new “Credit Card Policy.” ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources:http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up for a free subscription … Continue reading
The Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening, Jan. 28. From a policy standpoint, the highlight of their agenda was revising the district policy governing “Weapons in School.” ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources:http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up for a free subscription … Continue reading
The Gardner Edgerton School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening, Jan. 28. From a policy standpoint, the highlight of their agenda was unanimous approval of a redistricting proposal for the new elementary and middle schools. ___________________________________________________ Read our Twitter feed for more education news from local, regional and national sources:http://twitter.com/#!/JW_Martinez ___________________________________________________ Or you can sign up … Continue reading