Prairie Village resident Eric Mikkelson wrote a guest column in today’s Kansas City Star calling for parents concerned about the proposed closure of area schools to support pro-education candidates this
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Brookwood parents submit report, encourage board of education to reject Proposal 1
Hoping to keep the elementary school feeding into SM East, a group of Brookwood parents last week sent a 33-page document to each member of the Shawnee Mission board of
New poll: How will last night’s community meeting impact the school board’s vote on Mission Valley?
Member of the Shawnee Mission board of education heard a bevy of arguments at Monday’s community meeting for keeping Mission Valley Middle School open — but will any of it
Parents challenge district rationale for closing Mission Valley
Superintendent Gene Johnson and members of the Shawnee Mission School District administration spent an hour on Monday night framing the proposal to close Mission Valley Middle School as a move
Community meeting on the future of Mission Valley to be held tonight
The Shawnee Mission East auditorium is likely to be a lively venue this evening as it plays host to the district’s community meeting on the proposal to close Mission Valley
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Congressman Moore, city officials on hand for Highlands dedication
For a day at least, the talk among many local residents was of a school opening, not closing. A few hundred parents, students and neighbors showed up at Highlands Elementary
If there’s only one year left, better make it count: Mission Valley parents hold fundraiser to support activities
If this is going to be the last year for students at Mission Valley, a group of PTA parents want to make sure it’s a good one. The PTA is
‘Save Mission Valley’ group outlines reasons to reject school closing
The group of parents behind the “Save Mission Valley” campaign put out a press release yesterday laying out a few of the reasons they believe closing the school at the
Effort to ‘Save Mission Valley’ gets (very) organized
If the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education approves a proposal to close Mission Valley Middle School for good at the end of this school year, it won’t be
New poll: Should the SM School District close Mission Valley?
A week from today, the Shawnee Mission School District will host a community meeting to get input from local parents about its proposal to close Mission Valley Middle School at
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School board faces tough crowd of Brookwood parents
Shawnee Mission School District superintendent Gene Johnson on Tuesday bore the brunt of the frustrations of dozens of Brookwood Elementary parents who until last week had assumed that their children
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SM East leads district with 10 National Merit semifinalists
Ten of the 30 Shawnee Mission School District students who made the prestigious National Merit semifinalist list are students at Shawnee Mission East — which means the school produced more
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SMSD hosting community meeting on future of Brookwood tonight
Brookwood Elementary parents tonight will have the chance to let Shawnee Mission School District administrators know how they feel about the proposal to move the school into the Shawnee Mission
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SM East journalism teacher named finalist for Kansas Teacher of the Year
Dow Tate, the Shawnee Mission East journalism teacher who earlier this year received a Gold Key from the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association, has been named a Region 3 finalist
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Mission Valley Middle School would close under proposed SMSD consolidation plan
The Mustangs of Mission Valley Middle School may be heading north to pasture. Unless the Shawnee Mission Board of Education diverges from a plan announced at its meeting last night,
