KCMO Schools

Principal Kirksey and office staff greet a new student and his father at Hartman Elementary.

Local Principal has Dedicated 48 Years and Counting to KCMO School District

Kansas City, Mo. – When Jessie Kirksey started teaching first grade at Longfellow Elementary School in 1966, she couldn’t imagine she would spend the rest of her career in education, and she was bowled over by those who spent more than 10 years teaching.  Now in her forty-eighth year as an educator, Dr. Kirksey is…

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KCMO Superintendent Declares ‘New Day’ for District During Annual Address

Kansas City, Mo. – The theme of Dr. Steve Green’s State of the Schools Address on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 at Paseo Academy was a ‘new day’ for Kansas City Public Schools. “Today I am proud to say that the state of the Kansas City Public Schools is much stronger, undeniably healthier and our achievement…

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Camera and audience face podium where students watch as KCPS Superintendent Dr. Steve Green receives a large card with the district's 84 point APR score.

Kansas City Public Schools Celebrates Progress on State Assessment

After the release of the 2013 Missouri Annual Performance Report on August 23, 2013, Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steve Green declared a new renaissance for the scholars and families in the district.

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