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Parents Consider Transferring Students Out Of KCPS

Jamekia Kendrix and her daughter set up for a forum about the future of Kansas City Public Schools
Sylvia Gross
Jamekia Kendrix and her daughter set up for a forum about the future of Kansas City Public Schools

The Kansas City, Missouri school district has been shedding students over the past 40 years – from 70,000 in the 1970s to less than 17,000 today.  Some are worried about another exodus when the district officially loses accreditation on January 1st. Missouri law allows students to transfer to an accredited district, with tuition and transportation paid for by the unaccredited district. Area districts are still wrangling with transfer policies.

Sylvia Maria Gross is storytelling editor at KCUR 89.3. Reach her on Twitter @pubradiosly.
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