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 of mobility: 75 percent of students typically change classrooms, schools or districts within the course of one year.
Throughout this school year, on Central Standard, we will check in periodically with children and teachers at Ingels Elementary School, with the help of KCUR's contributing reporter Barb Shelly.
Guest:
- Barb Shelly, Kansas City reporter, columnist, KCUR contributor