KCK schools have longer days because of earlier weather cancellations

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools have added some time to the beginning and end of the school day, starting this week, to make up for some snow days earlier this year.

Additional minutes are being added to the school day for all kindergarten through 12th grade students, according to information from the district. The changes went into effect on Monday, March 18.

According to district information, the first bell will be 8 minutes earlier for schools and the last bell will be 7 minutes later for schools. It is not expected to change any bus schedules.

Seniors now must attend school on Thursday, May 16, and Friday, May 17, according to the district’s announcement. May 17 will be the last day of school for seniors. Seniors also must be at school for the earlier and later times each day.

According to the announcement, preschool start and end times are not affected.

For more information about this schedule change, visit http://www.kckps.org/.

School finance bill advances

The Kansas Senate passed a school finance bill, Senate Bill 142, out of the Senate on March 14.

The bill includes amounts that were proposed by the Kansas State Board of Education and Kansas Department of Education for school finance.

Gov. Laura Kelly released this statement on the passage of the bill:

“I’m pleased that the Senate passed Senate Bill 142 this evening,” Gov. Kelly stated. “This bill adopts recommendations proposed by the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas Department of Education to restore the investment in Kansas classrooms. The goal of this bill is to address inflation, end the litigation and meet the needs of our students, teachers, and schools.

“We look forward to continuing to work with lawmakers to move this bill forward through the process and settle this once and for all.”

Two Bonner Springs students named to President’s List at Cloud County Community College

Two Bonner Springs students have been named to the President’s List for the fall semester at Cloud County Community College, Concordia, Kansas.

The students are Gregory Gast and Mason Hays, both from Bonner Springs, Kansas.

Students on the President’s List have a semester grade point average of 3.9 to 4.0, with at least 12 hours of college coursework.