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Chris Neal/For the Kansas News ServiceIn Shawnee Mission Schools, for instance, what is currently projected to be a $7 million surplus could end up being at least a $13 million deficit. -
Parents are scrambling as hundreds of child care programs and summer activities have been canceled this summer due to COVID-19 restrictions. For our ongoing series The Next Normal, we explore how the summer crisis may forecast challenges for students and teachers in the fall.
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Smaller schools think they could be an attractive option this fall for students wanting to save money and avoid overcrowded classrooms.
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Businesses across the metro are reopening, but schools remain closed, and many summer activities have been canceled. That is putting parents in a bind.
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With schools closed, school nurses fear that the warning signs of illness or abuse may go unnoticed.
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Layoffs, furloughs will help UM System absorb $36 million in immediate cuts. In Columbia, the majority of the eliminated positions are in MU Health Care.
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Other metro districts are holding out hope that they can host traditional in-person commencements later this summer for the Class of 2020.
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A small group of high school science teachers is developing curriculum about COVID-19 and teaching it to their students during the pandemic.
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The first layoff notices are expected to go out May 1. Additional staff may be furloughed or asked to take a pay cut.
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Kansas and Missouri families whose kids normally eat for free at school are still waiting for the USDA to clear the way for assistance during COVID-19 crisis.
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Chancellor has asked departments to slash budgets between 12.5 and 17.5%.
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Kansas college students now sit in virtual classrooms, their daily lives disrupted as universities try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. They're having to adjust to their new reality, and a possible shaky entry into the workforce.
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UM System President Mun Choi warned faculty and staff on Tuesday that layoffs and furloughs will likely be necessary to offset economic losses from COVID-19. The four campuses could lose as much as $180 million.
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When metro schools closed in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Park Hill South High School teacher Laura Lenhert knew her students wouldn’t be…
