Category: Education

Area districts cancel school Thursday in Wyandotte County

School has been canceled in K-12 public school districts on Thursday in Wyandotte County. The area is under an ice storm warning.

In the Kansas City, Kansas, Public School district, the schools, its district offices and the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Libraries will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 7.

The closure includes all KCKPS preschools, school bus services and meal services are canceled. It is Plan D under the district’s Inclement Weather Guide.

School also is canceled Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Turner Public Schools District.

The Piper School District also has canceled school and all activities for Thursday, Feb. 7, because of inclement weather.

There also is no school on Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville school district, because of the inclement weather.

All Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening classes, Feb. 6, and activities on Wednesday, were canceled at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

KCKCC updated its closing announcement; all classes and activities are closed on Thursday because of the weather.

Evening classes at Donnelly College on Wednesday, Feb. 6, were canceled. Classes and activities on Feb. 7 at Donnelly also were canceled.

Kansas City Area Transportation Authority and the regional RideKC transit system have announced that all bus and transit service will be suspended at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, because of hazardous road conditions.

Transit service on Thursday, Feb. 7, will not start until 8 a.m., including local and express service, and paratransit service.

For more information and updates, see www.RideKC.org.

Washburn announces dean’s list

Several Wyandotte County students are on the fall 2018 dean’s list for Washburn University, Topeka.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students are enrolled in 12 hours of graded credits and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.

Those on the dean’s list from Wyandotte County:
• Taylor Green of Kansas City, Kansas.
• Emily Nelson of Bonner Springs, Kansas.
• Alex Shriver of Kansas City, Kansas.
• Wesley Tabor of Kansas City, Kansas.
• Grayce Beery of Kansas City, Kansas.
• Makayla Stell of Kansas City, Kansas.
• Rebecca Weimer of Bonner Springs, Kansas.
• Katie Carpenter of Bonner Springs, Kansas.
• Annie Carpenter of Bonner Springs , Kansas.

KCKCC invites community to participate in strategic plan development

by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College is holding a series of public forums this month as the college continues its strategic plan development process.

Strategic planning is a process higher education institutions and other businesses use to set long-term goals and priorities. It is a way to focus on where resources and funding should be used to ensure long term success for the college. Many times, the mission and vision statements are also included in this process so that they align with the strategic plan as well. Strategic plans are revisited every few years to ensure goals and objectives are current.

Community forums will be held on Feb. 7 in the nursing auditorium (Flint Building) at the KCKCC Main Campus, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. These will be at 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Additional sessions will be held Feb. 14 at the Dr. Thomas R. Burke Technical Education Center, 6565 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, and in the commons area of the Pioneer Career Center, 1901 Spruce St. in Leavenworth. These sessions are at 7:30 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. Each of these sessions is open to everyone in the campus community as well as in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. The purpose of these forums is to get input on the college’s goals and future initiatives, according to a spokesman.

Throughout the 2018-2019 academic year, there will be additional forums as KCKCC continues through with the strategic development plan process. For more information, contact Michael Beach, KCKCC’s chief financial officer at 913-288-7645 or by email at mbeach@kckcc.edu.