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Superintendent Brent Yeager, who oversees the second-largest school district in Kansas, told state lawmakers that a major reason for resignations among teachers was the negative portrayals of educators as unprofessional and unworthy of respect.
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Impact KCK in the Kansas City, Kansas school district is a national model for how communities can address student homelessness by bringing different organizations and resources together to connect families to stable housing, jobs and other services.
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As students prepare to head back to class, some schools are looking at new ways to keep them safe.
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Jennifer Gilmore sued the Olathe School Board and various individuals in January, claiming they violated her First Amendment free-speech rights and the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
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The Johnson County District Attorney said Officer Erik Clark was justified in using deadly force against the student, Jaylon Elmore, who a witness said opened fire on Clark first. The officer also likely fired the shots that hit an assistant principal, but the DA is not filing charges.
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In 1995 the Olathe School District lost its case to remove a book about teenage lesbian love from its schools. Protecting students' First Amendment right to such materials in their libraries is still ongoing.
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The news out of Uvalde, Texas, is upsetting to everybody, but especially to the parents of school kids who are either still in the classroom or heading back in August.
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The Olathe School District shared its security plans in the wake of a school shooting that left a school administrator and school resource officer wounded.
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A court document released on Wednesday provided new details about the March 4 shooting at Olathe East High School. The affidavit said that school officials wanted to search Jaylon Elmore's backpack before he allegedly started shooting.
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A bill proposed Monday by Overland Park lawmaker Cindy Holscher would ban people from owning and manufacturing 3D guns in Kansas, or guns without serial numbers. Holscher's son attends Olathe East High School, where this type of "ghost gun" was used to shoot a school officer and assistant principal.
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The March 4 shooting at Olathe East High School ended with a school administrator, a school resource officer and a student all suffering gunshot wounds.
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Ghost guns may be tied to two high-profile shootings in Johnson County, including one at Olathe East High School. Sheriff Calvin Hayden said he could not think of other instances where his officers had encountered that type of weapon.