Mark Bedell

In a virtual session Monday, Superintendent Mark Bedell said the number of schools in the district “doesn’t add up” with enrollment numbers, but assured listeners decisions won’t be made without community input.

Mientras se enfrentan a la disminución en la matrícula escolar, a edificios en decadencia y a laboratorios de ciencias sin lavabos, las Escuelas Públicas de Kansas City piden la opinión de los estudiantes, el personal y los residentes mientras planifican el futuro.

While faced with declining enrollment, decaying buildings and science labs without sinks, Kansas City Public Schools asks for input from students, staff and residents as it plans for the future.

The school district already requires teachers, staff and students to wear masks inside school buildings.

Superintendent Mark Bedell is pleased to see Kansas City reducing tax incentive policies for developers, but still feels the district should have a bigger seat at the table when it comes to considering proposed development projects.

The head of the Kansas City Public Schools district wants more say on future development projects, and the impact climate change could have on urban environments like the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Over six decades of community work, Rosa James tackled lots of issues, such as public education, voter registration, racial justice.

Superintendent Mark Bedell wrote in an email to families Monday that the delay in announcing plans for the fall is the result of coronavirus cases “rising rapidly in our region.”

BlueScope Construction has already pulled $7 million in tax revenue away from schools and libraries and is asking for another $8.4 million in incentives to stay in Kansas City.

Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell has signed another three-year contract.Approving the contract was the last act of the outgoing,…

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The Kansas City Public Schools have made some big gains under the leadership of Superintendent Mark Bedell.Now it’ll be up to the school board voters…