Category: Education

KCK school board to meet tonight

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education will meet at5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Central Office and Training Center, third floor board room, 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Several items are on the agenda, including reports on the Scholastic Grab-and-Go Books, Aspirational Insight, purchase of materials for roofing repairs and replacement, chiller replacement at Schlagle and Eisenhower schools, and postings for capital improvement projects.

Other agenda items include the Back Snack program, new audiovisual system at Schlagle, ExamSpark contract and SWYE 360 contract.

In addition, there is a report scheduled on effective employees strategic plan; and changes to policies, including a second read on a Naran policy.

The board also is scheduled to discuss the establishment of a facilities planning committee.

Closed executive sessions are planned on personnel and on confidential student information.

Other items also are on the agenda, which is posted at https://go.boarddocs.com/ks/kckps/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.

The meeting will be on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UxdttUVOXxY.

Bruce Middle School receives funds for school supplies

Carl Bruce Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas, recently received $2,500 for school supplies through the Learning Quest 529 accounts. (Photo from Kansas State Treasurer’s office)

Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Rogers presented Carl B. Bruce Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas, with a $2,500 check to be used for the purchase of school supplies.

This giveaway was made possible through Learning Quest 529 accounts, which allow individuals to save money for post-secondary educational expenses, according to a spokesman.

“529 accounts are a great resource for individuals to use for their own educational expenses,” Rogers said. “And businesses can set them up to provide funds to employees for continuing education as well.”

“Learning Quest is a great program, and I’m excited to be supporting Carl Bruce Middle School with school supplies this year. Having been a school board member, I know how much of an impact we are making with this program.”

Carl B. Bruce Middle School was chosen as a random winner of the Choose My School Supply Drive that was run by the Treasurer’s Office. There were over 2,300 nominations total for the giveaway. Several other schools also were awarded funding. No taxpayer funds were used.

For more information about Learning Quest, visit https://kansascash.ks.gov/learn_quest.html.

KCKCC to hold open house Thursday on automation engineering program

Students can become an advanced manufacturing technician with little or no cost in two years through Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Automation Engineer Technology program.

More information about this program is available at an upcoming open house from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Dr. Thomas R. Burke Technical Education Center, 6565 State Ave. in Kansas City, Kansas. The event is free and open to the public.

Wyandotte County has more than 5,500 skilled jobs available with an average pay of $19.70 per hour. KCKCC is helping fill this gap with the AET program. Through its partnership with FAME (Federation of Advanced Manufacturing Education), students not only can be prepared for an in-demand career but finish debt free, according to a KCKCC spokesman.

KCKCC students will spend two days a week at the college and the other three days as a paid intern at a local manufacturer. This is an “earn while you learn” program. The open house will give those interested an opportunity to learn about the program, visit the new AET lab and meet the first cohort of AET FAME students.

First developed by Toyota, the FAME program serves to solve a local skills trade shortage while providing a pathway for people to earn a technical associate of science degree debt-free. Currently, there are 32 FAME chapters in 14 states, and participation continues to grow. Local manufacturing company leaders – Amsted Rail, Best Harvest Bakeries, Brill, Inc., Catalent, Empire Candle, INX International INK Co., TT Electronics and CH Guenther & Son dba Williams Foods, established the first FAME chapter in Kansas – the Kansas City FAME chapter. Supported by the Kansas Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Kansas Manufacturing Solutions, Wyandotte Economic Development Council and Workforce Partnership, the Kansas City FAME chapter expects to grow its membership base of manufacturing companies.

For more information on applying for the FAME internship program, visit the FAME KC website. For more information on the AMT program at KCKCC visit the website or contact Rich Piper.

– Story from Kelly Rogge, KCKCC public information manager