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Title
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NEHS Students Question Value of Their Diploma
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Article highlights concerns of current Northeast High School students about receiving a diploma from a non-accreditated school district and how it will hurt their chances of finding employment after graduation. The students describe other educational hurdles such as an unsafe school environment, classroom disruptions, and apathetic teachers.
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2012-02-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Despite Deep Cuts, KC Still Strained
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Description
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Article reports on the ongoing financial difficulties of the Kansas City Missouri School District. Despite deep cuts to the budget and jobs over the last four years, more trimming may be necessary. The District plans to reign in out-of-classroom expenditures such as legal fees and litigation payouts.
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2012-05-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Somber Choices Await District and Families
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Description
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The R. J. Delano school that serves only students with severe disabilities may be closed by the school district. Part of the reason is that the Kansas City school district students with disabilities are spending less time in a general classroom than most special education students around the state. "Federal law directs public school districts to provide a free education to all students with disabilities in settings that place them alongside students without disabilities as much as is appropriate."
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2011-05-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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KC District, Alternative High School to Part
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Description
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The DeLaSalle High School, a private alternative institution for students who have difficulty in traditional classroom settings, was given clearance by the Missouri's Board of Education to operate as a charter school beginning next school year. The charter places the school in "competition" with Kansas City School District schools. DeLaSalle had a contract with the school district to teach some of their students.
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2010-03-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Benton School Class Picture
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Description
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Exterior view of class posed by what appears to be the school building. Identified on the front as "Kansas City Public Schools, In Remembrance of the School Year 1882. Photographed by S. Kuhn". None of the pupils are identified. The back of the photograph written in pencil reads, "William Holzmark, Benton School, West Kansas, Oct. 14, 1884, moved up town June 14, 1885."
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Date
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1882
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Object Type
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Photograph
