Month: October 2020

Board sets timelines for superintendent search

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools Board of Education today set a timeline for its superintendent search.

At a special 4 p.m. meeting Thursday, the school board got the selection process started.

Requests for proposals from search firms will be submitted to the board by 5 p.m. Oct. 20, according to the timeline that was approved.

The board is expected to then open the proposals within the next few days after the deadline, and select firms that it wants to interview for the search.

According to board Vice President Wanda Brownlee Paige, the board used the 2018 superintendent search information to structure a similar process for 2020.

Board President Randy Lopez said during the meeting that the board hopes to have interviews with prospective search firms in late October, and probably select a search firm in early November.

Sporting KC to play rescheduled road match Oct. 21 in Colorado

Sporting Kansas City’s regular season road match at the Colorado Rapids, originally slated for Sunday, Sept. 27, has been rescheduled for 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.

The announcement was made by Major League Soccer.

The rearranged match means that Sporting will play nine times in a 30-day period from Oct. 3 to Nov. 1, followed by the club’s Decision Day finale at Real Salt Lake on Nov. 8 to conclude the 23-game regular season campaign.

Currently occupying third place in the West, Sporting (6-5-2, 20 points) will begin a busy and decisive month of October when they visit rivals Houston Dynamo (3-4-7, 16 points) on Saturday at BBVA Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. with live coverage on FOX Sports Kansas City, FOX Sports Midwest, FOX Sports GO, ESPN 94.5 FM and La Grande 1340 AM.

KCK student named to Dean’s List

A Kansas City, Kansas, student has been named to the Southeast Missouri State University Dean’s List for academic achievement during the spring 2020 semester.

Aalayah Norwood of Kansas City, Kansas, was named to the Dean’s List.

Students on the Dean’s List earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of graded credit, achieved no grade below a B, and received no failing grades in credit-no credit or pass-fail courses.

Southeast Missouri State University is in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.