The annual opening of schools convocation that is held each year by the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools will be online at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24.
According to a spokesman for the school district, the annual event welcomes teachers, support staff and administration back to school. School leaders set the agenda for the year, giving it positive energy, purpose and a direction.
Speakers will incude Randy Lopez, president of the KCKPS Board of Education; Dominick DeRosa, NEA-KCK president; and special guests.
Because of the risk of COVID-19, the district will show the annual event on video, according to the spokesman. While more than 2,500 teachers and staff will not gather for the convocation this year, they will be able to participate remotely.
The convocation will be shown on the school district’s cable television channel, KCKPS-TV, on Google Fiber channel 145 and Spectrum Cable channel 18.
Those who don’t have cable access may watch the convocation on the KCKPS website at www.kckps.org, on the home page under Live On-Demand.
The video also will be livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel at 9 a.m. Aug. 24.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools will start the school year on Sept.8, and classes will be held remotely for the first nine weeks.