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Incumbents prevailed in some Missouri school board elections, while other Kansas City-area boards saw shakeups that could shift how they handle book challenges, diversity initiatives, class instruction time and how to best support students.
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April's election will bring some new faces to the often-contentious Hickman Mills Board of Education. The board has long struggled to work together, and last year couldn’t agree on a board president or how to fill a vacancy. Will this vote help or hurt?
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The Hickman Mills Board of Education has long struggled to work together, but Superintendent Yaw Obeng said it's found a way to move forward ahead of the April election.
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Five candidates are vying for three seats on the fractious Hickman Mills school board. Here's what they have to say about recent board decisions, technology in schools and mental health for students.
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Nine children were shot on Wednesday near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl rally. Schools are providing counseling services to help students cope with the emotional fallout.
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The holiday break can be difficult for families who rely on schools to provide meals, shelter and other resources to their kids. Schools around the Kansas City area started planning early so kids would be taken care of.
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Under the legislation, Jackson County seniors whose homes are valued less than $550,000 can start applying for relief next year.
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Chief Stacey Graves, just five months into the job, promised more officers on the streets to help curb the high homicide and violence rates. Community members overwhelmingly called for local control of the department.
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The Hickman Mills school board finally seated its newly elected members this week — after the last meeting ended abruptly when two board members walked out. Plus: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rules on gender-affirming care will restrict options for adults, creating alarm for LGBTQ communities across the U.S.
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The Hickman Mills School Board says it's renewing its efforts to work together after contentious meetings amid a decade-long battle to regain accreditation.
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Teachers at Kansas City Public Schools will soon be paid the highest starting salaries in the region — but just by a smidge. The school board approved a new union contract in the middle of a widespread teacher shortage that's making districts across the region compete to recruit and retain educators.
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Hickman Mills school board candidates discussed accreditation, conflict on the board and their priorities for the district.