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Title
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Showing Faith in Kansas City
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Description
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Profile of Harvest Church International Outreach and its founder and pastor, Bishop Steve Houpe. Located in the Northland (4300 N. Corrington), the church facility includes a private school (Faith Academy), Sunday school rooms, cafeteria, gymnasium, and bookstore. Houpe moved to Kansas City and established the church in 1986 after earning a Ph.D in theology from Kenneth E. Hagin's Rhema Bible Institute. The work of Houpe and his his wife Donna and the Harvest Church congregation are described in article, as well as the church's development plan, called Project Destiny.
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2014-11-12
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Newspaper Article
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Old Schools, New Lessons
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Two years after it began an initiative to repurpose 30 vacant properties, the Kansas City School District has either sold or created reuse plans pending for at least half the properties. The article focuses on the efforts to find a plan for West High School at 20th and Summit, which closed as a school 30 years ago and has been vacant for the last decade. Also included are updates on other closed school buildings, including Graceland Elementary, Longan Elementary, Moore Elementary, Northeast Middle School, Bingham Middle School, Chick Elementary, McCoy Elementary, and Thacher Elementary.
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2013-07-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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26 Schools Will Close
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On March 10, 2010, the Kansas City school board voted 5-4 to close 26 schools as recommended by new superintendent John Covington in his "Right Sizing Plan." The closings will reduce the number of school buildings by 40 percent and cut $50 million in expenses from the school district's budget. The 33 remaining schools will be the fewest the district has operated since 1889. A few of the notable school closings include Westport High School, Lincoln College Prep middle school, and Franklin, Longan, McCoy, Woodland, and Carver elementary schools.
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2010-03-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Two KC Schools Starting New Eras
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Description
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Article describes the changes and challenges facing Central High School and the Southwest Early College Campus as they enter the 2010-2011 school year. Central opens as a "reconstituted" school with a new principal and staff, while Southwest's enrollment has tripled due to school reconsolidation.
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2010-08-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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'Sad, Sad Day'--21 KC Schools Close Down
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Description
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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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Date
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2010-06-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
