Safe Kids Kansas, the Kansas Department of Education and the Kansas Highway Patrol are coming together in a unified effort to urge parents to speak with their children about how to stay safe.
During a pre-school year August board meeting review, Independence School District superintendent Dale Herl cited staff shortages as the reason for multiple policy changes and reviews.
Joey Thomas of the 180V Barber Salon started the “Fresh Cut, Fresh Start” program 14 years ago. Since then, the salon has given more than 1,500 free haircuts to young men grades K-12 in Kansas City.
When school starts next week in Olathe, staff will be trained on a new security technology that uses an ID-style badge to summon help with the press of a button.
Missouri is looking for answers to its teacher turnover problem. A state report shows that 5 percent of full-time teaching positions were vacant during the 2020-2021 school year.
There are more than 5,800 probable or confirmed cases of monkeypox across the country and with school back in session, there is concern that monkeypox could spread in classrooms.
A staffing shortage crisis in Emporia has district officials considering closing a local elementary school or combining multiple grade levels among other options.
Young Independence School District students will no longer find "Cats vs. Robots, Volume 1: This is War" on shelves this school year after the district voted 6-1 to remove it from its elementary school libraries.
