Category: Events

KCK school board to meet April 8

The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at the Central Office, 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kan.

The items on the agenda include a report on post-secondary enrollment trends, and progress toward district goal achievement.

Also on the agenda are a report on the expansion of bus parking and construction of a stadium for Schlagle High School on Meadowlark Lane.

Also on the agenda is a paraprofessional agreement, and several other items.

The meeting agenda is online at http://kckps.org/board/a040814.pdf

 

 

Guest speaker changes for Fairfax meeting

A previously announced guest speaker will be unable to speak at the Fairfax Industrial Association meeting at 11:15 a.m. April 10 at Reddi Services, 603 Funston Road, Kansas City, Kan.

The new guest speaker for the meeting will be Brent Miles, vice president of economic development of NorthPoint Development.

Those interested in attending the meeting may make reservations by 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, to [email protected].

 

Freed after 19 years on death row, former inmate to address topic of death penalty

Curtis McCarty, on death row for 19 years in Oklahoma for a crime he did not commit, will be the guest speaker April 8 at Donnelly College, 608 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan.

The event will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in Donnelly’s Community Event Center.

McCarty spent more than 21 years in prison – including 19 years on death row – before being exonerated in 2007.

McCarty was re-convicted twice and re-sentenced to death three times. It took more than 16 years for McCarty to secure proper DNA testing, and another three years to win a new trial with this evidence.

Since being exonerated, McCarty has been advocating for repeal of the death penalty all over the world. hand the flaws in the death penalty system, and the possibility of a state making the biggest mistake of all: executing an innocent person.

His appearance April 8 is sponsored by Donnelly College and the Archdiocese of Kansas.

The event is free and open to the public.