K-12 Education

Westview Elementary school students will officially be attending Rolling Ridge next year, after Westview permanently closes next year and Olathe Public Schools repurposes the building. On Thursday night, the Olathe Board of Education unanimously approved boundary changes for the Westview...

A recent opinion column drawing a link between a lag in Blue Valley schools’ test scores to the district’s budget strategy received considerable pushback from district Superintendent Gillian Chapman and a parent political action committee. It also created an election...

A former Blue Valley kindergarten teacher is speaking out about her recent firing, as is the family of the student at the heart of the incident that led to the teacher’s termination. At the same time, the district's superintendent is...

Editor's note: This story was updated at 2:11 p.m. Oct. 27 to include a screenshot of the school district's Facebook post, because it no longer appears on Facebook. The Gardner Edgerton School District is facing criticism from some educators for...

The Blue Valley Board of Education voted Monday night to terminate a longtime kindergarten teacher, despite dozens of parents and students showing up in support of her. Barb Hart was dismissed from Sunset Ridge Elementary School in Overland Park at...

In the weeks following the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, two Johnson County school districts — Olathe and Gardner Edgerton — have found themselves at the center of national backlash over how staff responded to the assassination. Last month,...

Olathe Public Schools staff has recommended that Westview Elementary School students attend Rolling Ridge Elementary beginning next school year. Located east of Parker Street (Kansas Highway 7) and south of Santa Fe Street, Westview is set to close at the...

Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky donned a white coat Tuesday afternoon to join high school students in their lab activities at Cedar Trails Exploration Center in Lenexa. Ledecky, the most decorated American female Olympian in history, visited with students from...

New rules for middle school and elementary students who ride motorized bikes and scooters are in force this year in the Blue Valley School District — a move administrators hope will put a lid on collisions and injuries from...

By Jodi Fortino They sat in classroom desks instead of the jury box, but thousands of third-graders in Olathe and across the country came to a verdict in the Johnson County district court. Olathe Public Schools and the Kansas 10th Judicial...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify that the districts sent letters to the entire Kansas Congressional delegation, not just Rep. Sharice Davids.  Leaders of four Kansas school districts, including two in Johnson County, say federal officials are...

On Friday, about 50 students at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School protested, and more walked out of school around noon to advocate against school shootings across America. Many strutted out of the student entrance looking straight ahead and clutching the...