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KC Public Schools Frustrated by KCATA Silence on Tax Incentives

By | August 17, 2022 | 0
Artists' renderings for two upcoming RideKC Development Corp. projects

Kansas City Public Schools has criticized the KCTA’s development arm for focusing on projects west of Troost and failing to brief the school district on tax break proposals.

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Are You Willing to Close Schools to Fund Improvements? KCPS Wants to Know

By | June 8, 2022 | 0
Members of a second grade class sit in their chairs at Faxon Elementary School in Kansas City.

Kansas City Public Schools is asking residents to weigh in on three scenarios, each of which strikes a different balance between closing schools and skipping potential improvements. 

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Reporter Vicky Diaz-Camacho Awarded Higher Education Media Fellowship

By | March 28, 2022 | 0
Banner announcement with photo of Vicky Diaz-Camacho, community reporter for Flatland at Kansas City PBS. Diaz-Camacho was awarded a prestigious higher education fellowship.

Vicky Diaz-Camacho, reporter, host and engagement editor, is among 13 journalists named in a national Higher Education Fellowship.

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Parson Signs $4.6B Spending Plan, House Approves Bill Targeting Medicaid Expansion

By | February 25, 2022 | 0
House Budget Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage.

The first bill sent to Gov. Mike Parson from this year’s legislative session includes a pay raise for state employees, money to fund Medicaid through the end of the fiscal year and federal COVID-19 recovery funding for schools.

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Deadline Looms for Missouri Schools to get $1.95 Billion in COVID Money

By | February 8, 2022 | 0
An interventionist works on reading skills with a small group of students Feb. 1 at Faxon Elementary School in Kansas City. Kansas City Public Schools has used federal COVID relief dollars to hire more staff in an effort to give students focused attention and help them catch up from pandemic-related learning loss.

Missouri legislators face a March 24 deadline to release most of the funding before it returns to the federal government.

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