Happy Thursday, Blue Valley!
☀️ Today’s forecast: Sunny and clear again. High: 85. Low: 59.
Happening today
The Blue Valley Education Foundation will hold its annual community breakfast this morning at the Overland Park Convention Center.
The breakfast is one of the nonprofit’s biggest annual fundraising events and draws thousands of people, including business leaders, elected officials, as well as students and families.
The money raised goes towards supporting the foundations various programs that give out grants to teachers and scholarships to students.
In recent years, the event’s total haul has been eye-popping, with $345,000 raised in 2021, for instance.
The breakfast Thursday runs from 7-9 a.m. and will feature performances by different student groups, as well as a panel discussing the economic impact of the district, moderated by Superintendent Tonya Merrigan.
Public meetings Thursday
- Board of County Commissioners, 9:30 a.m. [View agenda]
Post’s top Wednesday stories
- JoCo Notes: Blue Valley high schools top list of ’30 best’ in Kansas
- The University of Kansas Health System opens new retail store in Overland Park
- Look inside the Overland Park Arboretum’s new visitor center
- Inspired by boy’s story, Church of the Resurrection’s special needs ministry still going strong
- $2B Brookridge project in Overland Park officially breaks ground
Other local news
- DA says Olathe officers were justified in deadly shooting. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe will not bring criminal charges against two Olathe police officers who shot and killed a 58-year-old man in June. [KMBC]
- Overland Park abortion provider continues to see high demand. Emily Wales, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, says the organization’s Overland Park clinic is still seeing a surge in patients from out of state following last year’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. [Kansas Reflector]
- Work on new downtown Ferris wheel starts. Constructions is beginning on a new 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel that will go up just off I-35 in downtown Kansas City in the Pennway Point entertainment district. [Kansas City Business Journal]
A thousand words
Classes are back in session at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, embodied by this student spied lounging with a book. Photo via Instagram.
