Category: Education

State education commissioner to visit KCK today

Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas commissioner of education, and Dr. Brad Neuenswander, deputy commissioner, will be in Kansas City, Kansas, today as part of Dr. Watson’s 50 community conversations about education in Kansas.

The dialogue begins at 11:30 a.m. at the KCKPS Administrative and Training Center at 2010 N 59th St. in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Kansans Can Success Tour is a follow-up to the Kansas Children. Kansas’ Future. community conversations tour that took place beginning in late winter and early spring of 2015.

The purpose of the Kansas Children. Kansas’ Future. tour was to bring together parents, educators, local school board members, higher education representatives, legislators, and members of the business community to discuss the future they wanted for Kansas children and the role they wanted Kansas education to play in supporting that envisioned future.

KCKCC budget hearing scheduled tonight

The Kansas City Kansas Community College budget hearing and regular meeting is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24.

The Board of Trustees meeting will be in the Upper Jewell building, 7250 State Ave., and also on Zoom.

The KCKCC budget document stated that the estimated mill levy tax rate of KCKCC is 27.382 mills. It compares to a mill rate nearly the same for 2020-2021, of 27.381 mills.

A special meeting at 4:30 p.m. with a closed, executive session will precede the 5 p.m. meeting.

For the agenda and link to the Zoom meeting, visit https://www.kckcc.edu/events/2021/08/board-of-trustees-regular-monthly-meeting-budget-hearing.html.

KCK school board meeting to be tonight

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24.

The meeting will be on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-C_M4D6tHws, according to a meeting notice.

There will be a school re-entry update, as well as a closed executive session on teacher negotiations and several other items.

To see an agenda, visit https://go.boarddocs.com/ks/kckps/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.