Monday’s board of education meeting moved to SM West

After hearing from a number of local parents, the Shawnee Mission School District announced today that it was moving Monday’s board of education meeting from the McEachen Administrative Center to Shawnee Mission West, 8800 W. 85th Street.

Superintendent Gene Johnson sent an email to one Mission Valley parent yesterday saying that, “We do not plan on moving the meeting from McEachen. There will be overflow seating in the lower level of the building.” But at 9:30 a.m. Friday the district sent out a press release announcing the location change.

The district plans to stream video from the meeting on its Web site, and will be posting a link to the page where the streaming video can be accessed sometime before Monday’s meeting.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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