A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to a woman who sued the Gardner Edgerton School District after she was barred from district facilities following an incident in which she sent photos of signage on a teacher's classroom...
The Shawnee Mission school board could soon finalize new procedures aimed at addressing disparities in school-based donations. One goal of the move is to more closely scrutinize funds raised to pay for additional staff positions.
To prevent inequity in donations...
By Suzanne Perez
Kansas students are spending fewer days in school than they did decades ago, and the state’s top education leader wants that to change.
Education Commissioner Randy Watson is urging districts to cancel breaks or extend the school year...
Editor's note: This story was updated at 12:20 p.m. Thursday to include input from the Spring Hill school district.
Johnson County area school districts have raised the alarm about a funding bill working its way through the Kansas Legislature that...
Phones are a pervasive and unavoidable part of everyday life, but what should be their place in schools?
Johnson County school districts have been trying to answer that question in recent months, adjusting their policies and implementing new rules for how...
Updated: Tuesday, March 11
The Gardner Edgerton school board tabled the vote on a new therapeutic day school at its meeting Monday night.
Board members voted 6-0 to reevaluate the program after the April school bond vote, with the hope now...
News that a registered sex offender was allowed to attend a recent dance at a Blue Valley elementary school has touched a raw nerve among parents.
Now, the school board is discussing policy changes, and a state lawmaker is proposing legislation...
A deadline for public schools to drop diversity efforts came and went Friday with most Johnson County school districts saying they still need more clarity before they can take concrete action.
Spokespersons for five of the county's six public school...
Blue Valley Schools is adding a dozen social workers to its schools, the latest step in the district's years-long efforts to address student mental health.
The Blue Valley Board of Education last week approved adding 12 bachelor's-level social workers to...
Blue Valley School District officials will consider policy changes at the next school board meeting to address the complaints of outraged parents who say a registered sex offender was allowed into an elementary school dance.
Since the Feb. 8 social...
Starting in fall 2026, students living in neighborhoods surrounding Aubry Bend Middle School near 179th Street and Quivira Road in the Blue Valley School District will attend the new Wolf Springs Middle School being built nearby.
Earlier this month, the...
Dozens of community members, including a high school librarian and a former mayor, packed the Gardner Edgerton School District board room Monday night to voice their opposition to the board's recent vote to remove a book featuring a transgender...
