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Despite Deep Cuts, KC Still Strained
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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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Newspaper Article
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Somber Choices Await District and Families
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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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Newspaper Article
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Rockhurst High School to Drug Test All Students
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Article announces a new policy created by the administrators of Rockhurst High School that establishes that all students must be tested for drug use beginning in the fall of 2013. Administrators and students are interviewed and provide varying perspectives on the new policy. The factors that lead administrators to create the new policy as well as possible legal concerns are discussed.
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2013-01-04
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Newspaper Article