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Students climb off the bus and walk into Washington High School wearing face coverings Monday, Aug. 24. A recent survey found that the majority of Washington High School students preferred to stay in the district's hybrid model, with students alternating between in-person and virtual-based learning. Â Missourian Photo/Julia Hansen
The Washington School Districtâs new superintendent was announced Wednesday evening, following over a decade with the same administrator in the role. Dr. Jennifer Kephart, current associate superintendent of academic services at Lee's Summit R-7 School District, will become the districtâs superintendent, effective July 1. Kephart was introduced at the December Board of Education meeting, and she will assume the position following current superintendent Lori VanLeerâs retirement. âThe work that Dr. VanLeer and her team have done with real-world learning, and making connecti...
12/17/2020 5:02:56 AM By John Covington Dr. Jennifer Kephart has been named the School District of Washington’s new Superintendent, effective July 1, 2021. The Board of Education made the announcement during its monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 16. Kephart replaces Dr. Lori VanLeer, who will retire following the 2020-21 school year after serving 13 years as the SDOW Superintendent. Kephart currently is in her second year as Associate Superintendent of Academic Services of the Lee’s Summit School District, a suburb of Kansas City. This is her fourth year in the Lee’s Summit School ...
An error in the enrollment number reported by the Washington School Districtâs central office to MSHSAA resulted in four of the high schoolâs seven fall athletic teams and three winter teams being bumped up a class higher than they otherwise would have been assigned had the number been correct. Class and district assignments determine the competition those teams faced or will face in postseason play. A postseason run for the student athletes can potentially mean getting their name on a board to hang for years in the high school gym and getting seen by college coaches and scouts who ...