Kansas City School Daze: Another Shut Down Lesson Amid Incredible Shrinking District



Harsh times continue for Kansas City Public Schools as parent and teacher concern was answered with cold, hard financial reality amid another round of school closings.

Reality . . . The real gauge of KCPS progress has always been enrollment as families have been fighting to leave the district and student numbers over the past 30 years reveal a mass exodus from this local institution.

Here's a roundup of the latest news . . .

Fox4: KCPS says school closure decision comes down to money not academics

KCUR: New KCPS Master Plan Makes Room For District Sponsored Charter School

KSHB: Community upset over possible KCPS closures

Developing . . .

Comments

  1. Someone should explain to "the community" that when a school district goes from 70,000+ students to 17,000, it doesn't need as many buildings. And school districts are generally funded on a per-pupil basis, so the money the district receives from the state and local taxes will be much less.
    Someone should explain that.
    But, as usual, they won't.
    Start the marches and protests!

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  2. just packing up and moving to raytown, Grandview, hickman mills school districts. haven't overburden the lee's summit district yet but getting there.

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  3. Yes the district has shrunk ,but gentrification is taking hold.
    Lafayette, Crossroads etc can fit all these white children in just a handful of schools. ..and god forbid these Lil saltines go to a black school a block from their Midtown homes

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  4. Enrollment figures from mcds.dese.mo.gov--
    2000 33,115
    2001 31,026
    2002 29,937
    2003 28,721
    2004 28,319
    2005 27,190
    2006 25,766
    2007 24,449
    2008 22,479
    2009 17,677
    2010 16,868
    2011 15,826
    2012 15,336
    2013 15,627
    2014 14,100

    The Kansas City school district is smaller than some of the suburban districts now.
    Will the last one out turn off the lights...

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