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KCPS teachers, staff, facility members launch vaccination process More than 500 educators were vaccinated on Monday. Jordan Betts and last updated 2021-03-15 19:19:47-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Public Schools started to vaccinate teachers and staff with the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday thanks to the help from local hospitals. Truman Medical Center/University Health and Children's Mercy Hospital are vaccinating local educators in several districts for the next six weeks with the Pfizer vaccine. "We have all done the best we can giving everything," Desirea Faust, a speech and language...

curiousKC | Flexible School Schedules May Become New Normal curiousKC | Flexible School Schedules May Become New Normal Pandemic Exposed Need for Educators to Innovate for Working Families Share this story Published March 15th, 2021 at 11:30 AM Above image credit: COVID-19 has forced schools to embrace alternative schedules. (Photo | Unsplash) For some parents, fatigue is cresting as they carry the burden of being a breadwinner and monitoring virtual school for their children. Full-time nurse and mother two Charity Morris was spinning pl...

/ Segment 1, beginning at 5:00: Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent says future development projects should 'focus on equity.' Mark Bedell is pleased to see Kansas City limit its tax incentive policies for developers, which have cost schools millions of dollars that could have gone towards educating local students. He still feels the district should have a bigger seat at the table when it comes to considering proposed developement projects. "We're not an anti-economic development district, but we want to have a focus on equity," Bedell says. Segment 2, beginning at 40:00: How cl...

KCPS lays out plan to reopen schools for in-person learning KCPS lays out plan to reopen schools for in-person learning and last updated 2021-02-19 20:49:19-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With concerns swirling around in-person learning from some parents, students and teachers, Kansas City, Missouri, Public Schools leaders l District leaders propose students in kindergarten through 3rd grades return to school buildings on March 15, followed by fourth to seventh grades and high school freshmen on March 22, with eighth-graders and students in 10th to 12th grades returning April 5. There are a coupl...

Kansas City is trying to reform developer tax incentives. But no one is quite happy Allison Kite, The Kansas City Star Feb. 17—After eight months of discussions, delays and amendments, a City Council committee again faces the question: Should Kansas City limit generous tax incentives long granted to developers? Many advocates and officials say it's time. But there's little agreement on the latest version of the plan. Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell, whose district sees tens of millions of property tax dollars funneled each year to development, says the ...