K-12 Education

Olathe parents launch petition to force state review after school board votes to close 6 schools

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Olathe families are trying to collect 6,100 signatures to trigger a state review of the six impending school closures in the Olathe Public Schools district. Families across the schools organized under Olathe Families United, formed in September to fight the Olathe district’s then recommended, and now approved, school closures using...

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