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Effort to Restore School Revitalized
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Before her death in 2004, Lucille Douglass worked to restore the Benjamin Banneker School in Parkville, one of the first schools built for black students in Platte County. The project languished, but the "Banneker Restoration Committee, strengthened by reorganization and new members with expertise in nonprofit management and architecture, celebrated a small victory last week." It received a $10,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Jeffris Heartland Fund. Although only a fraction of what's needed, it "is a step closer to Douglass' dream."
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2009-05-03
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Newspaper Article
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Kauffman Rings The School Bell
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"After years of studying and experimenting in education, the Kauffman Foundation is opening its own school with a hundred fifth-graders." The school is temporarily located in a Westport building, but plans are underway to move to the former Church of the Nazarene world headquarters in two years.
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2011-09-12
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Newspaper Article
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'Sad, Sad Day'--21 KC Schools Close Down
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Article describes 21 schools in the Kansas City School District that will close as a first step in the district's improvement plan. Includes a two-page tribute to the schools being closed including Westport High School, Central Academy, and Ladd Elementary.
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2010-06-04
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Newspaper Article
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Class Ending on a High Note
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Article profiles the last senior class of Southeast High School and their principal Cheryl Wright. The original Southeast High School at 3500 E. Meyer Blvd closed in 2007, but the remaining students were given the opportunity to stay together instead of transferring to other schools. Students started attending classes at Manual High School in 2007. All 47 seniors from the 2010 class will graduate.
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2010-05-24
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Newspaper Article
