K-12 Education

Students and parents in the Shawnee Mission School District are heading for a significantly more tech-centric bus riding experience next school year, now that school board members have approved a seven-year contract with Zum, a Redwood City, California, company. Expectations...

Michael Riley is the new president of Bishop Miege High School. The Roeland Park Catholic school announced Riley’s appointment from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas last week on LinkedIn. Archbishop Shawn McKnight appointed Riley to the position in a...

While their peers are sitting in math class or running around the gymnasium, some Olathe Public School juniors and seniors are practicing emergency response in a fake apartment, grooming dogs or wiring tiny homes. The school district officially celebrated the...

After weeks of an increase in reports of immigration enforcement in Olathe, school board leaders sought to address concerns in a letter sent out to families this week. Olathe Public Schools sent the letter to families Wednesday ensuring that the...

Update: Monday, Feb. 16 The Gardner Edgerton Board of Education is set to interview the top five candidates for its open seat at the March 9 board meeting. Before the Feb. 9 meeting, board members ranked each candidate. Board Vice President...

By Zane Irwin At the start of the year, a proposal to ban cell phones in K-12 Kansas schools seemed to enjoy the same kind of bipartisan support as legislation that brought the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas and nixed...

After years of declining enrollment, Olathe Public Schools will be closing more schools — and is gearing up to decide which ones. At the Feb. 5 board of education meeting, district leaders shared a multi-phase plan to determine how many...

Maddy started talking a lot later than other kids her age. And when she finally did, her parents noticed she struggled with pronunciation — especially her brother’s name. “Because of her speech issues, she couldn't say, ‘Benji.’ So her speech...

A month ahead of a key vote on a bond issue for USD 232 in De Soto, an annual enrollment analysis projects modest growth in the district's student population over the next five years. That could guide how the district...

When Gov. Laura Kelly announced last month that the Chiefs plan to move their headquarters and training facility to Olathe as part of a relocation to Kansas, Olathe officials touted the move as potentially "revolutionary," particularly for Olathe schools. Both...

A bipartisan bill in Topeka that aims to institute a statewide cellphone ban in K-12 schools is drawing criticism from Johnson County's biggest school districts. Senate Bill 302 would bar students from using their phones from the start of the...

Olathe Public Schools will no longer offer dance or cheer as middle school electives. The Olathe Board of Education recently voted to axe the classes as part of a major revamp of its elective offerings. Instead of taking cheer and...