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Title
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Always Moving, Always Changing
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Description
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Interview with Yvonne S. Wilson, former director of education for the Kansas City School District and Missouri state representative for the 42nd District. Wilson responds to questions regarding her involvement with desegregation in Kansas City schools, her decision to enter the political arena following her retirement in 1985, and the current state of the Kansas City School District.
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2014-02-23
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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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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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Newspaper Article
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Little Rest For West
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An article providing a glimpse in the day of the life of Kansas City's new school board president Airick Leonard West, on what he calls "Day One."
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2010-04-23
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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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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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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
