The KCMO School District

[FangKC]

Does any know if the KCPSD has plans to close and sell The Foreign Language Academy building on Armour Boulevard (east of Main)? I noticed the photographer for Rosin Preservation included it among the buildings he photographed for the study on adaptive re-use the District is considering.

http://f-stop-etcetera.blogspot.com/201 ... t-one.html

[shinatoo]

That is such a pretty building

[zonk]

FLA is not included on the current repurposing list.

[FangKC]

For the last month and a half or so I've been out photographing Kansas City MO School District schools with Rosin Preservation for an adaptive reuse study.

I wonder why Rosin Preservation had been hired to photograph the building for a adaptive reuse study then?

[FangKC]

More meetings scheduled to discuss proposals for repurposing former schools.

Bingham, at 7618 Wyandotte Ave.
Bryant Elementary, 319 Westover Road;
Blenheim Elementary, 2411 E. 70th Terrace;
Swinney Elementary, 1106 W. 47th St.

The schedule:

• Bryant is up first with a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Country Club United Methodist Church, 400 W. 57th St.

• Bingham proposals follow at 9 a.m. Saturday at Broadway United Methodist Church, 406 W. 74th St.

• Blenheim proposals will be presented at 6:30 p.m. March 26 at Research Medical Center, Meeting Room 4, 2316 E. Meyer Blvd.

• Swinney gets its turn at 7 p.m. March 29 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Road.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/18/34 ... rylink=cpy

[FangKC]

District receives proposals for Northeast Middle School and Thatcher buildings.

Northeast Middle, 4904 Independence Ave.
Thatcher, 5008 Independence Ave.

http://northeastnews.net/pages/?p=11520

[KCMax]

KC school district taking over Afrikan Centered campus

Kansas City Public Schools said Tuesday that it would take control of the Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus at the end of the school year, ending a long, up-and-down relationship with the program’s leaders.

ACE supporters and parents vowed to fight the decision.

“We are committed to making sure that we are here in the fall as the Afrikan-centered collegium campus,” said Ajamu Webster, chairman of the ACE board.

The district said it would not renew its contract with Afrikan Centered Education Task Force Inc. because the arrangement has become “financially, operationally and practically unfeasible.”

Instead, the district will run the program under a new name: African-Centered College Preparatory Academy.

“This has nothing to do with the academics at ACE; it has to do with the finance piece,” said Eileen Houston-Stewart, a district spokeswoman.

[kcjak]

More meetings scheduled to discuss proposals for repurposing former schools.

Bingham, at 7618 Wyandotte Ave.
Bryant Elementary, 319 Westover Road;
Blenheim Elementary, 2411 E. 70th Terrace;
Swinney Elementary, 1106 W. 47th St.

The schedule:

• Bryant is up first with a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Country Club United Methodist Church, 400 W. 57th St.

• Bingham proposals follow at 9 a.m. Saturday at Broadway United Methodist Church, 406 W. 74th St.

• Blenheim proposals will be presented at 6:30 p.m. March 26 at Research Medical Center, Meeting Room 4, 2316 E. Meyer Blvd.

• Swinney gets its turn at 7 p.m. March 29 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Road.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/18/34 ... rylink=cpy

One of the local news stations last night did a piece on this last night - the Bryant proposal was to turn the building into a country clubby property. Neighbors interviewed didn't seem too keen on it and one man said he didn't want to see a tennis dome in his neighborhood or the increased traffic.

[chrizow]

the Bryant proposal was to turn the building into a country clubby property. Neighbors interviewed didn't seem too keen on it and one man said he didn't want to see a tennis dome in his neighborhood or the increased traffic.

stupid. ANY re-use will bring increased traffic, by nature. would he oppose it turning back into a functioning school? probably. i guess i can understand not wanting a "tennis dome" next door, but it could certainly be a lot worse.

[Midtownkid]

Did anyone else hear about an incident at East High School where a white student was bullied, then drenched in gasoline and burned? Did not die, but is horribly injured. Total race-based hate crime but almost no news about it. Weird.

[chrizow]

Did anyone else hear about an incident at East High School where a white student was bullied, then drenched in gasoline and burned? Did not die, but is horribly injured. Total race-based hate crime but almost no news about it. Weird.

the victim is a student at east, but it didn't occur at east, it occurred as the kid was walking home. there was an article in the star where KCPD said it did not appear to be race-based. by contrast, last week the Star reported that a older white guy was jumped at 67th and prospect walking home from a store, and in that article the KCPD did say it appeared to be race-based.

[kcjak]

Did anyone else hear about an incident at East High School where a white student was bullied, then drenched in gasoline and burned? Did not die, but is horribly injured. Total race-based hate crime but almost no news about it. Weird.

This was on local news one night but didn't mention race. The poor kid was in his yard when the bullies doused him with gasoline and lit him on fire. Despicable.

[cdm2p]

Did anyone else hear about an incident at East High School where a white student was bullied, then drenched in gasoline and burned? Did not die, but is horribly injured. Total race-based hate crime but almost no news about it. Weird.

Didn't this happen like two weeks ago?

[KCMax]

St. Louis Judge Rules Against Transfers in Turner Case Opinion, May Affect KC Students Bid to Transfer Out of KC Schools

Under the ruling, students from unaccredited school districts would not have the right to transfer to better school districts for free.

[KCMax]

The MO Legislative session has ended with no action on how to manage transfers out of unaccredited school districts, and no action on allowing a special board to be appointed in KC.

[KCMax]

Bold. Fascinating. Would create a huge outcry here.

A $150M, Richard Meier-Designed Village For Teachers? In Newark?!

Downtown Newark, New Jersey, plans to anchor a massive redevelopment project, complete with apartments, restaurants, and stores, around a group seldom associated with economic development (or disposable income, for that matter): teachers.

[KCMax]

Waldo residents plant seeds to reopen elementary school

The first year of the campaign in 2011 had produced some 70 commitments to enroll — not nearly enough to meet then-Superintendent John Covington’s requirement of at least 300 to reopen the school. But the campaigners were heartened by the community partners joining their pursuit in reviving the long fallow support for a neighborhood public school.

The district closed Hale Cook in 2009, a year ahead of the massive slate of closings under Covington in 2010. It had been a training school for Montessori teachers in its last years, but even when it was an elementary school, Hale Cook had long been shunned by the mostly white neighborhood around it.

The believers in a public school option felt they were making great strides last year in bringing people back.

But Covington abruptly resigned in August. The school board came under renewed fire. The unraveling would lead to the district losing its accreditation Jan. 1.

The friends of Hale Cook held a late summer meeting in the midst of the district’s chaos.

“We sat down to say, ‘OK, what do we do next?’ ” recalled organizer Ashley Hand, mother of 5-month-old Genevieve. “I was overwhelmed — worried it was going to fall apart.”

Instead, they discovered they were more determined.

[KCMax]

Study: Nearly 8,000 Could Flee KC Public Schools

Five area school districts challenging Missouri’s transfer law project that more than 7,750 students would transfer to their schools from Kansas City Public Schools’ neighborhoods if the law were upheld.
The capital costs needed to provide temporary classrooms and equipment could total more than $3.9 million, the districts’ attorney argued in a Jackson County courtroom Monday — costs he said are not covered in allowable tuition fees under the law....

The hearing began Monday with opening statements in a case that follows a similar one in St. Louis County, where a court has already ruled that the statute is unconstitutional and impossible for the St. Louis area districts to fulfill. That ruling is under appeal.

[Stockton]

Study: Nearly 8,000 Could Flee KC Public Schools

Five area school districts challenging Missouri’s transfer law project that more than 7,750 students would transfer to their schools from Kansas City Public Schools’ neighborhoods if the law were upheld.
The capital costs needed to provide temporary classrooms and equipment could total more than $3.9 million, the districts’ attorney argued in a Jackson County courtroom Monday — costs he said are not covered in allowable tuition fees under the law....

The hearing began Monday with opening statements in a case that follows a similar one in St. Louis County, where a court has already ruled that the statute is unconstitutional and impossible for the St. Louis area districts to fulfill. That ruling is under appeal.

Wouldn't 8000 students be half or more than half of the district's students? That's massive.

Anybody know the number of students enrolled this past school year (11/12)?

[KCMax]

Wouldn't 8000 students be half or more than half of the district's students? That's massive.

Anybody know the number of students enrolled this past school year (11/12)?

Yea, that's half. 16,690 students last year.

http://www.kcpublicschools.org/domain/98

The 8000 number is probably inflated since its from the plaintiffs arguing they will be flooded with new students, and will look for the biggest estimate possible to make their case.