K-12 Education

This is a breaking news story that will be updated as The Post learns more. Federal investigators have given three Kansas school districts — including Olathe and Shawnee Mission — 10 days to comply with demands to change their policies...

The Olathe Board of Education has unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for Superintendent Brent Yeager. Yeager’s new contract, approved by the board on June 4, begins July 1 and goes until June 30, 2029. The Johnson County Post has requested...

An Olathe Public Schools task force has concluded the district should close three to four elementary schools and one middle school. The decision concludes the first phase of the district’s facility alignment plan, which they announced in February. The district created...

For the past 26 years, Kathy Habiger unlocked her journalism classroom door just off the commons area at Mill Valley High School and stepped in her own personal "fish bowl." That's what she called her office inside Mill Valley's journalism...

USD 232 in De Soto is gearing up to consider new policies and storage solutions this summer for the state’s new bell-to-bell personal device ban. Assistant superintendent Alvie Cater presented a timeline and potential options for implementing the state’s new...

By Jodi Fortino  Kids around the Kansas City area are gearing up for a summer break like no other thanks to the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament coming to town next month. And one local teacher is making sure her students...

This is a breaking news story that will be updated as we learn more and get more comments.  The four biggest school districts in Johnson County are joining together to prepare for possible legal action against the state of Kansas...

Report for America announced today the placement of 78 journalists in newsrooms across the country, including a corps member who will be joining the Johnson County Post to cover K-12 education here. Margaret Mellott, who has been contributing to the...

Gardner Edgerton’s open seat on the board of education remains unfilled, despite candidate interviews last week. After conducting three interviews during the May 11 meeting, the board failed to reach a consensus on which candidate to select. Instead, it decided...

By Jodi Fortino Olathe Public Schools has long been an attractive school district for families living in the Kansas City area — and its steadily growing enrollment numbers reflected that. But Superintendent Brent Yeager said that trend has changed in recent...

Olathe Public Schools is preparing to launch a new bullying prevention system that will allow students to anonymously report incidents online. The tool is part of a larger overhaul of the district’s bullying policy — the first major update since...

The results are in, and Gardner Edgerton’s newest school has a name — Creekside Elementary. After a month of community voting and use of a composite ranking system, Creekside emerged as the winner with 199 first-place votes. The Gardner Edgerton...