Sample letters for Missouri State Senators and Representatives

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Following are two sam­ple let­ters for writ­ing your Missouri State Senators and Representatives about the future of the Kansas City School District. For your con­ve­nience, we’ve com­piled a com­plete list of Kansas City area Missouri State Senators and Representatives by dis­trict, along with links to dis­trict maps in case you’re not sure who your rep­re­sen­ta­tive is. Please […]

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Position Statement on Kansas City Public School District Reform

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After observ­ing Kansas City Public School Board Meetings for nearly four years, spend­ing much time in the schools, and advo­cat­ing mea­sures to improve the per­for­mance of the exist­ing dis­trict (includ­ing an appointed board) we have con­cluded that the only viable approach to pro­vid­ing the district’s chil­dren the qual­ity of edu­ca­tion they deserve is to replace the […]

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Missouri State Senators and Representatives from the Kansas City Area

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A .pdf ver­sion of this list is also avail­able for down­load. If you’re not sure which dis­trict you’re in, use the fol­low­ing links to Kansas City area maps: Missouri State Senators Missouri State Representatives (large file) You can also find your Senators and Representatives by putting your zip code to the fol­low­ing tools: Missouri State Senators Missouri […]

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To Our Friends Who Care About the Kansas City Public School District

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We are once again chang­ing the focus of our Board Watch project.  When we began our eval­u­a­tions of the Kansas City Missouri School Board meet­ings nearly four years ago we hoped that our feed­back would help bring about a more effec­tive school board, a key ele­ment in cre­at­ing high func­tion­ing schools to improve stu­dents’ aca­d­e­mic per­for­mance.  Since […]

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Update as of 12/19/11

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Because of the Kansas City School District’s loss of state accred­i­ta­tion, Do the Right Thing for Kids is replac­ing our report card for­mat for school board meet­ings with nar­ra­tive com­ments focus­ing on the board’s effec­tive­ness in address­ing accred­i­ta­tion and related aca­d­e­mic achieve­ment mat­ters. We are also using this site to inform the com­mu­nity of possible […]

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DESE Feedback Form Sent

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Do the Right Thing for Kids par­tic­i­pated with other civic orga­ni­za­tions in devel­op­ing the fol­low­ing let­ter to Missouri Commissioner of Education Dr. Chris Nicastro. It fol­lows the for­mat of the feed­back form she pro­vided. Download a .pdf ver­sion of letter.

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Report card for the school board — NBC Action News

January 26, 2011   Full story by Jake Peterson avail­able on the NBC Action News website.

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KC Star: Watchdog Group to Grade KC School Board

Watchdog Group to Grade KC School Board by Joe Robertson January 27, 2011 — Page A5 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/26/2612929/watchdog-group-to-post-report.html

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