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KCMSD in the News (June)

By DTRTFK | July 1st, 2011

Free back­packs and sup­plies will be given to all Kansas City School District ele­men­tary school stu­dents on the first day of school pro­vided by Heart to Heart International, the dis­trict and other spon­sors. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/21/2966376/kc-elementary-students-to-receive.html   ACE, the African-centered con­tract school, is rene­go­ti­at­ing its con­tract with the Kansas City School District. http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/education/ace-school-battle-for-more-money-from-district http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/21/2966375/kc-district-african-centered-program.html   The school […]

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The Star on latest Board/Superintendent Rift

By DTRTFK | June 15th, 2011
DoTheRightThingForKids.org

Warning of the poten­tial for micro­man­age­ment, the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City and the Kansas City branch of the NAACP urge the school board to change its recently approved pol­icy and allow the super­in­ten­dent to oper­ate the entire port­fo­lio of schools. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/11/2943731/rift-between-school-board-and.html

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The Star: School Board may vote on closing Delano

By DTRTFK | June 15th, 2011
DoTheRightThingForKids.org

The Kansas City School Board may vote on clos­ing Delano School at its June 22, 2011 meet­ing. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/09/2939662/delano-schools-future-in-doubt.html

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Marilyn Simmons resigns from School Board

By DTRTFK | June 15th, 2011
DoTheRightThingForKids.org

Former Kansas City School Board pres­i­dent Marilyn Simmons resigns from the board after almost eleven years of ser­vice. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/08/2937196/marilyn-simmons-resigns-from-kc.html

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The Star on Southwest Early College Campus

By DTRTFK | June 15th, 2011
DoTheRightThingForKids.org

The Kansas City Star reports that Southwest Early College Campus may return to a sig­na­ture early col­lege pro­gram for­mat. Following with an edi­to­r­ial, The Star urges the Kansas City School Board and its part­ners at SWECC to make the change in the fall instead of after a year of tran­si­tion. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/06/2931718/southwest-likely-to-become-magnet.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/07/2934355/the-stars-editorial-college-prep.html

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KC Star: KC board, Covington diverge on plan for ‘portfolio’ district

By DTRTFK | June 1st, 2011
DoTheRightThingForKids.org

The fol­low­ing arti­cle from Wednesday, May 31 and the edi­to­r­ial in the Thursday, June 2 news­pa­per illus­trate the dan­ger of the KCMSD’s Board recent actions regard­ing their rela­tion­ship with Dr. Covington. They need to fos­ter sta­bil­ity in the dis­trict by work­ing col­lab­o­ra­tively with the super­in­ten­dent. This bears watching…which is the mis­sion of Do The Right Thing […]

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Candidates for the Kansas City Missouri School Board

By DTRTFK | February 2nd, 2010

On April 6, 2010, 5 peo­ple will be elected to serve on the Kansas City School Board Of Education. Two incum­bent board mem­bers will run unop­posed. Click on the link above to view a list of all candidates.

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KCMSD Facts You Should Know

By lindsay | September 13th, 2009

• The KCMSD spent $15,142 per stu­dent in 2008 while the state aver­age is only $9,338 per stu­dent. (1) • The KCMSD has an annual bud­get of more than $280 mil­lion for only 16,800 stu­dents in 2009. (2) • The aver­age ACT score from stu­dents in the KCMSD is 16.8. (The min­i­mum score required to get into […]

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