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Title: Wheeler, Once KC Schools Chief, Dies
Description: Robert Wheeler, Kansas City school superintendent from 1977 to 1982, died March 5, 2008. Prior to that position, he was a counselor at Manual High School, vice principal at Central High School, and assistant superintendent. Private burial service to be held at Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Date: 2008-03-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: They've All Fought This Battle Before
Description: Article describes the controversy raised by Kansas City School District Superintendent John Covington when he announced the potential closing of 30 schools. The article discusses past attempts to close schools, most of which failed. A chart that begins with Superintendent Bernard Taylor (2003) lists schools recommended for closure and the ones actually closed.
Date: 2010-02-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: "Vacancy" Sign Is Common
Description: Kansas City School District Superintendent John Covington's resignation (that he gave August 26) will take effect September 1st by vote of the school board. Board President Airick Leonard West "is stepping down as president but will remain on the board." An interim superintendent has yet to be announced. Includes a sidebar, "Covington's New Contract," that outlines his salary and potential performance bonuses in his new position with the Education Achievement Authority school system in Michigan.
Date: 2011-08-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: SC86-1 James M. Greenwood Papers Finding Aid
Description: James M. Greenwood was the leading educator in Kansas City for 40 years (1874-1914). In his tenure as superintendent of schools, he became recognized locally, nationally, and internationally. He was born in Illinois on November 15, 1837, and died at his desk on August 1, 1914. Greenwood's papers include correspondence primarily sent to Greenwood (1891-1917); reports and speeches (1906-1913); an unpublished manuscript on the history of Missouri; personal journals (1910, 1914); notebook kept by Mrs. Greenwood (1892-1896); and miscellaneous, primarily personal items. These papers cover the middle to late part of Mr. Greenwood's tenure as Superintendent of the Kansas City School District. A few published items are included but the bulk of the collection is handwritten or typewritten. Mr. Greenwood's interest in mathematics is evident as a subject of his speeches and outlines.
Date: 1891/1941
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Joseph H. Markley
Description: Undated formal portrait of Joseph H. Markley, district superintendent of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "JOSEPH H MARKLEY/DIST SUPT."
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Interim Leader Is Named
Description: In the wake of school superintendent Covington's resignation, which took everyone by surprise, the school board moved quickly and within a week had appointed an interim superintendent. Steve Green, the new interim superintendent, was a former administrator in a New York City sub-school district and currently had been chief executive of the Kauffman Scholars, Inc.
Date: 2011-09-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Families Ponder Return to KC District
Description: Article describes an effort by parents living in Southwestern Kansas City and Kansas City School District officials to reopen the Hale H. Cook for elementary-aged students beginning in the fall of 2014. Parents, district representatives, and other public education advocates are interviewed and describe their desire to provide a public school option for their children. A map displaying the location of the school as well as charts describing current enrollment numbers for the KCSD are provided.
Date: 2013-04-19
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Saving 17,000 Kids
Description: Series of six articles examines the problems of the Kansas City, Missouri, School District and the measures taken by Superintendent John Covington to deal with them. In addition to examining the district in general, one of the 26 schools scheduled to close, Pinkerton Elementary, is followed as teachers and students prepare for the closing of their school.
Date: 2010-08-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: What's Next For The School District?
Description: Dr. John Covington, superintendent of schools, announced Wednesday, that he would resign from his position. Covington was hired on April 30, 2009, by a unanimous vote by the school board and later closed 26 schools after a 5-4 vote by the board on March 10, 2010.
Date: 2011-08-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Many New Dynamics Face School District Leadership
Description: Article about Dr. R. Stephen Green being named the interim superintendent of schools, after John Covington's abrupt resignation. Dr. Green had served as president and chief executive officer of Kauffman Scholars, Inc.
Date: 2011-09-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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