Barbara Shelly
ContributorBarbara Shelly is a veteran journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri. She has been an opinion columnist, metro columnist, editor and reporter for The Kansas City Star and is currently a contributing editor and writer for news outlets in Kansas City.
Barbara specializes in writing about Kansas and Missouri state governments, schools and colleges and health care.
Her interests include bikes, biographies, piano, people, family, friends, cats and kids. Her favorite pursuits are travel and hanging out on her front porch in Kansas City’s Waldo neighborhood.
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It is late morning, and Barb Wunsch limps a bit as she emerges from her office in the enrollment area of the Hickman Mills School District. Twice already…
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Ingels Elementary School in the Hickman Mills district marked the days before the holiday break with a concert, a chance to spray the principal with silly…
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If an event at Ingels Elementary School calls for participation from parents, Shari Anderson is there.Goodies for grandparents. Check. Anderson has legal…
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School district performance reports matter. They can affect accreditation status, real estate dynamics -- even whether students get to go on field…
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Aubrey Paine is a 2nd grade teacher, the mother of a 1-year-old girl, a Kansas City Chiefs fan and a technology buff. So it isn’t as if she needs more…
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Marcia Pitts lets her 4th graders know they have a big job ahead of them on this Tuesday. Open house at Ingels Elementary School is scheduled for the next…
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Students in the Hickman Mills School District face a lot of challenges, including poverty and a provisionally accredited district, as well as a high rate…
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At Ingels Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District, children are lining up outside of their classrooms for the start of the school day. They…