Tyrone Bates, the Shawnee Mission School District's first-ever administrator devoted to diversity and inclusion issues, is resigning to focus on his own consulting business.
Bates, Ed.D., has been the district's diversity, equity and inclusion (or DEI) coordinator since 2019 and...
Kaitlin Lugo Shulman, a public school educator who currently works in Lawrence, will be the Shawnee Mission School District's next head of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The board of education approved Shulman's hiring at its meeting April 10 through unanimous...
Following the recent resignations of two prominent Black staff members, some Shawnee Mission parents are expressing their concern the district’s ongoing efforts to serve Black and brown students might be hampered.
Tyrone Bates Jr., the district’s first-ever diversity, equity and...
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to show the school board will not have to approve Carnegie's resignation because he is classified staff.
Some Shawnee Mission parents want answers for how the district plans to continue supporting their children after...
While protests, marches and rallies calling for racial equality and the end of police brutality continuing across the country following the killing of George Floyd, dozens of local educators silently marched and protested for social justice on Friday.
Organizer Janet...
Shawnee Mission North High School students stepped on stage to celebrate Black History Month with everything from spoken word to step routines Thursday.
The school’s annual Black History Month program featured a number of students, alumni, teachers and guests who...
Engaging parents of newborns and toddlers and elevating the profession of teaching dominated a discussion on the importance of early childhood education at a panel convened by Rep. Sharice Davids Wednesday.
“I want to figure out ways that I can...
