Happy Thursday, Shawnee Mission!
🌧 Today’s forecast: Cloudy with an increasing chance for rain this evening and overnight. High: 48. Low: 34.
🚨 Happening today
Students, families and alumni have a chance to say goodbye to the Pawnee Elementary building in Overland Park tonight.
The school is hosting a “final farewell” event Thursday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., inviting current families and students, as well as former students and staff and community members to take a last tour of the building, which first opened in 1965 and is being replaced this year by a new building.
Tonight’s event will feature musical performances, a historic archive and a book fair. Funds raised at the event will go towards this year’s sixth grade graduation.
The current school building is being replaced by a new one that is in the process of being built next door at 9501 W. 91st St.
Pawnee was one of five elementary schools approved to get completely rebuilt as part of the Shawnee Mission School District’s $264 million bond measure approved in 2021.
The district broke ground on the new building — which features bigger classrooms and flexible learning spaces — last year.
Students will attend school at the current building through this school year.
🗓 Public meetings Thursday
- Board of County Commissioners, 9:30 a.m. [View agenda]
🚀 Post’s top stories Wednesday
- Harley’s Hideaway closes in Shawnee, but owners hint at future plans
- Olathe man killed in one-car wreck on I-35 in Lenexa
- How new KCI carries on legacy of JoCo 10-year-old who fought for inclusivity
- JoCo Notes: Video shows trash truck taking down OP traffic lights
- Google Fiber is coming to Leawood after 10-year wait
📰 Other local news
- Lenexa-based nutritional supplements company Hardbody Supplements is one of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest in terms of year-over-year revenue, according to Inc. magazine. [Kansas City Business Journal]
- Johnson County parks began their summer hours Wednesday, with most parks in JCPRD’s system open daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., now through Oct. 31. [Johnson County]
- Hy-Vee will pay more than $5,000 for selling an unregistered pesticide product at an Overland Park store, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. [Kansas City Star]
🐦 Notable tweets
SMSD board member Sara Goodburn says she won’t seek re-election.
After serving nearly 12 years on the SMSD BOE, I have made the decision to not seek another term. I am deeply appreciative to the SMSD community, students, teachers, support staff, administrators, parents and colleagues who have made my time on the board so fulfilling. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/l1cbl6ZNkM
— Sara Goodburn (@SaraGoodburn) March 2, 2023
Ok, we’ll start looking for flights out of the new KCI.
We are dishing out Kansas City Burnt Ends at the NEW @Fly_KansasCity Airport! Stop by and see us! pic.twitter.com/G3TYcOH04m
— Meat Mitch (@MeatMitch) March 1, 2023
📸 A thousand words
A bird’s eye view of the Lenexa Public Market on a recent weekend. Photo credit Robert McLaughlin.
