The Fort Osage School District’s Board of Education will meet Tuesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda, such as paying the bills and designating the date students will have to attend school to makeup for a snow day, board members will have a full schedule. A significant topic on the agenda is possible final approval … Continue reading
The Turner School District’s Board of Education will met Tuesday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda, such as accepting bids for computer hardware and revising a job description, the board had a full schedule. During tonight’s meeting, district administrators recommended that board members approve a contract for the … Continue reading
When members of the Missouri General Assembly revised the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act last fall, they made a decision to not make a decision. Instead, legislators passed that responsibility on to the districts. “Our concern when Senate Bill 1 came up in special session was that the state legislature was just setting up school … 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 Liberty School District’s Board of Education will meet Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda such as paying bills and issuing a bid to replenish art supplies in the warehouse, board members will have a full schedule this evening. A significant item on the agenda is revising board policies, including the one regulating … Continue reading
The Independence School District’s Board of Education met Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 6 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda such as paying bills and overseeing personnel changes, the board heard a report from Superintendent Jim Hinson. Also, they had a full schedule of new business. Among other items on the consent agenda, the board considered leasing district property on M-78 … Continue reading
The Fort Osage School District’s Board of Education met Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda such as authorizing the sale of surplus property and accepting bids, board members had a full schedule this evening. A significant topic on the agenda was consideration of a policy regarding staff relationships with students. This policy would regulate communication through the … Continue reading
The Excelsior Springs School District’s Board of Education met Monday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda, such as paying the bills and approving meal prices for next year, board members had a full schedule. A significant topic on the agenda was consideration of a policy regarding staff relationships with students. This policy would regulate communication … Continue reading
Raytown School District’s Board of Education met Monday, Feb. 13, at 6:30 p.m. In addition to routine items on the agenda, such as paying the bills and bidding out services, board members had a full schedule. One significant item on the agenda was an update on student transfers from the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD). Since the loss … Continue reading
On the Friday before Christmas Eve, administrators of five local districts filed a petition asking the Jackson County courts to delay transfer of students from the Kansas City, Missouri schools, which are about to lose their accreditation. The docket of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, shows the schools filed a petition, a motion … Continue reading