Lee's Summit School District

The Lee’s Summit school board remains deeply divided over issues of race and equity, a week after voting down a plan to bring in consultants for diversity…

After the Lee's Summit School Board rejected a racial equity training proposal Thursday night, Superintendent Dennis Carpenter interrupted the board…

Tuesday's primary election asked voters to narrow a slate of candidates for Kansas City mayor and city council ahead of the general election on June 18.…

Lee’s Summit voters will pick two new school board members Tuesday in an election that could be a referendum of the district’s equity and inclusion…

In a strongly-worded email to the school board, the Lee's Summit teachers union urged the board not to extend Superintendent Dennis Carpenter's…

Segment 1: Lee's Summit R-7 schools superintendent says achievement gap for some students ranges from 17% to 34%.When Dr. Dennis Carpenter became head of…

The Lee’s Summit R-7 school board is considering a plan that moves about 800 of the district’s 18,000 students to different schools next…

Segment 1: Medical cannabis is now legal in Missouri, but doctors are not trained on how to prescribe the drug. It's been two weeks since Missourians…

Parents whose kids attend Lee’s Summit schools are growing increasingly frustrated with the school board and superintendent as tensions escalate over…

Is it preferable to build new schools or renovate old ones?Should the priority be to minimize the fiscal impact or minimize student disruption as more…

It’s a common refrain in career and technical education: school must prepare students for jobs that haven’t been invented yet.To do that, vocational…

Editor's note: Updated March 20 after charges were dropped against Landon Mikle — Four Lee's Summit men are in custody, charged with carrying a loaded…