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The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the Board Room of the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools Central Office and Training Center, 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kan.
An agenda should be posted in advance of the meeting at www.kckps.org.
Traffic reconfiguration will reduce southbound I-35 to one lane between 27th Street and the Cambridge Circle from 9 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.
All work is weather dependent, according to a spokesman.
Once the new traffic configuration is in place, southbound I-35 will continue to have one lane closed through the end of October, MoDOT officials stated. This work is part of the bridge joint replacement on the bridge over Southwest Boulevard near State Line Road.
Work continues on northbound I-35. The northbound on ramp from the Cambridge Circle to I-35 and the 7th Street Trafficway on ramp to northbound I-35 remain closed until the end of October, according to MoDOT.
Motorists are reminded to slow down and pay attention as they drive past work zones. Not all work zones look alike. Work zones can be moving operations, such as striping, patching or mowing. They can also be short term, temporary lane closures to make quick repairs or remove debris from the roadway.
For more information about MoDOT news, projects or events, visit the website at www.modot.mo.gov/kansascity.
by Murrel Bland
A $14,000 federal grant literally changed the way the Juvenile Detention Center looks.
That is one of the more significant things that members of the combined West and Midtown Police Advisory Committee learned Thursday, Sept. 22, as they toured the Juvenile Detention Center, which is part of the Wyandotte County Jail next to the Courthouse.
Terri Broadus, the administrator of the center, said that this grant had some 300 objectives. Two of the key objectives included painting the walls of the center and taking the badges and uniforms off corrections personnel—creating a “softer prison environment.”
Broadus has to answer to various levels of government including the Sheriff’s Department (which is part of the Unified Government), the Kansas Department of Corrections and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The center is the second largest in Kansas with a capacity of 52 beds; the largest is in Johnson County. The juveniles range in age from 10 to 16. Boys and girls are housed in separate pods.
The youth are enrolled in an alternative school administered by the Kansas City, Kan., District. There are six teachers.
A medical doctor, a dentist and two nurses serve the needs of the youth. Broadus said it costs $120 a day to house and feed a juvenile.
There is an exercise area for the youth including a basketball court and a treadmill area.
Broadus said the center accepts the donation of paperback books for its library. Church services are held on Sundays.
The center also houses runaway youth from other jurisdictions; they are held at the center until they can be sent home.
Broadus said she offers tours of the center. For more information, telephone her at 913-573-8158 or email [email protected].
Murrel Bland is the former editor of The Wyandotte West and The Piper Press. He is executive director of Business West.