Schools

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...

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...

Some students, educators and community members are urging the Olathe Board of Education to reconsider a proposal that would move middle school dance and cheer from an elective to an extracurricular activity. Currently, dance and cheer are only offered as...

A 10-foot-deep sinkhole on the Mill Valley High School campus in Shawnee is getting repaired after underground corrugated pipes failed, the city says. The Shawnee City Council on Monday voted 7-0 to approve a contract and materials needed to fill...

Troubled by what they see as a perceived pattern that favors wealthier neighborhoods, some Shawnee Mission school board members have begun to discuss how the district should handle private donations, bequests and gifts. A three-member task force of board members...

In less than a year, a Shawnee Mission East graduate has gone from training in Arizona to becoming a bobsled athlete for Team USA. It's not a path the one-time all-state prep football standout had in mind when he graduated...

Two Johnson County public school districts have set the number of available seats they will have available for nonresident students next school year. On Monday, the boards of education for both USD 232 in De Soto and the Blue Valley...

Friends, family and the greater Blue Valley Southwest community are grieving in the wake of boys basketball coach and teacher Dustin Leochner's death earlier this month. And the team he once coached, the Timberwolves, are trying to play through their...

The stop signs facing east and west at 69th and Fonticello streets in Prairie Village are staying put. The Prairie Village City Council during the council committee of the whole earlier this month agreed to keep the two stop signs...

By Noah Taborda Six close contacts of an Olathe Northwest student have tested positive for tuberculosis so far, according to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment. The department, alongside the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, began testing after...

While the USD 232 in De Soto Board of Education has its reservations about the state's open enrollment policy, the school board still plans to formally adopt it. At a public hearing on Nov. 6, the school board had its...

Happy Thursday, Shawnee Mission! ☀️Today’s forecast: Mostly sunny. High: 67. Low: 43. One thing to know The Olathe school district is considering changes to its elementary, middle and high school start and end times for the 2024-2025 school year.  Superintendent Brent...