The Shawnee Mission School Board on Tuesday announced that Dr. Jim Hinson, currently the superintendent of the Independence School District, will replace retiring superintendent Dr. Gene Johnson at the end
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Shawnee Mission School Board expected to announce new superintendent tonight
The search for the next superintendent of the Shawnee Mission School District has ended. The board will make its appointment at tonight’s regular school board meeting. The new superintendent will
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Prairie Village police, Shawnee Mission district taking part in school safety task force
Prairie Village police have begun meeting with Shawnee Mission School District officials as part of a comprehensive school safety review in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings in December.
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Low standards or low funding? 2 views of public education at MainStream event
Are Kansas schools suffering from lowered standards despite sufficient funding or performing at exceptional levels in the face of fewer dollars available for the classroom? Depends on whose point of
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shawneemissionpost.com to host forum for SMSD school board candidates March 9 – send in your questions for the candidates!
Do you have questions for the candidates for Shawnee Mission School Board? Send them our way and we will pose them at a public candidate forum coming up a week
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SM East in the spotlight at SMSD board meeting
SM East was in the spotlight twice during the Shawnee Mission School Board meeting Monday night and neither of them had to do with haz-mat teams. The SM East state
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Shawnee Mission to boost entry security at local elementaries — but no timeline in place
Even before the December school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, the Shawnee Mission School District had been planning to upgrade security of the entrances at its schools. But
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Back at home port, globetrotting IT exec sets sights on Shawnee Mission school board
Voters all across the Shawnee Mission School District will have at least one contested race to bring them to the polls in April. Mark Read of Overland Park is challenging
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Shawnee Mission superintendent issues statement on Newtown tragedy
In the wake of Friday’s school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., Shawnee Mission superintendent Gene Johnson issued the following statement on safety in district schools. The statement
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Class sizes creep up in Shawnee Mission schools
The Shawnee Mission School District enrollments have dropped dramatically over the last 20 years, a direction that has not changed in the last five years. However, the five year enrollment
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‘Inspiring trust’ high on desired trait list for new SMSD superintendent
What qualities does the community wish to see in the next superintendent of schools for the Shawnee Mission district? Someone who “inspires trust, self-confidence and models high standards,” was the
Bysfield will run for sixth term on Shawnee Mission school board
Donna Bysfield, the Shawnee Mission School Board member who represents the SM East area, will be running for her sixth term in office next year. In fact, all three incumbent
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Shawnee Mission district facing its own ‘fiscal cliff,’ says superintendent
“There is a fiscal cliff coming in Shawnee Mission, too,” according to Shawnee Mission Superintendent Gene Johnson, not just for the federal government. Fund balances have dropped precipitously over the
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Public weighs in on desired qualities for new SMSD superintendent
Visionary, charismatic, an effective communicator, passionate, up to facing a challenge: Those are some of the characteristics that the next superintendent of the Shawnee Mission School District should possess according
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Shawnee Mission school transfer deadline in January
Shawnee Mission students who want to transfer to a different school in the district have until January 5 to file their request. While quite a few students requested transfers last
