BREAKING!!! NO ESCAPE FROM KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!! COURT BATTLE BEGINS!!! KCPS "SCHOLARS" UNWANTED!!!
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LOOK AT EVERYONE GOING TO COURT TO AVOID DEALING WITH "SCHOLARS" FROM KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!
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5 Districts Ask Court To Clarify KC Student Transfers
5 suburban districts go to court over KC School District transfers
Petition Filed Seeking Clarification Regarding KC Student Transfers
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Area School Districts Seek Clarification from Court
Five area school districts, as well as individual taxpayers from those districts, have filed a petition in Jackson County court seeking clarification regarding a Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) policy governing student transfers. The districts are: Blue Springs, Independence, Lee’s Summit, North Kansas City and Raytown. The petition seeks to delay the implementation of the KCPS transfer policy while the education and governance issues of KCPS are determined in the courts, legislature or State Board of Education.
KCPS loses its accreditation January 1, 2012. Under state law, students residing in the Kansas City, Missouri school district are eligible to apply for a transfer to an accredited school district in Jackson County or an adjoining county. Prior to 1993, this law stated that accredited school districts could choose whether or not to admit students from unaccredited schools. Under an amendment to the law in 1993, accredited schools districts are required to admit student transfers from an unaccredited district if the unaccredited district provides transportation and pays tuition as determined by the accredited district. Blue Springs, Independence, Lee’s Summit, North Kansas City and Raytown are accredited school districts to which KCPS students may seek a transfer.
On December 21, 2011, the KCPS Board of Education adopted a policy that requires the receiving accredited school districts to provide transportation for students. The policy does not state that KCPS will pay tuition in an amount set by the accredited districts or in accordance with the accredited districts’ tuition policies. Furthermore, the KCPS policy also does not allow all resident students to transfer, but instead, only allows students who have attended a KCPS school for two academic semesters immediately preceding the transfer request to a transfer.
The five districts listed above are committed to meeting their legal obligations to all students involved.
On Friday, December 23, representatives from the five districts filed the joint petition in Jackson County, Missouri, which asks the court to clarify the rights and responsibilities of the parties under the recent KCPS student transfer policy. The petition also asks the court to clarify the responsibilities of the parties under the statute regarding transfers, and to determine that the KCPS Board of Education policy is in violation of the Hancock Amendment.
Specifically, the petition asks for:
1. An injunction prohibiting KCPS from transferring resident pupils of KCPSaccording to its student transfer policy or in accordance with state law, Section 167.131 revised statutes of Missouri .
2. The court to declare:
a. KCPS student transfer policy is void as a violation of 167.131 revised statutes of Missouri.
b. KCPS transfer policy is invalid as it requires accredited schools to provide an education for and transportation of KCPS students in violation of Hancock Amendment.
3. In addition, as an alternative, the petition asks for:
a. A declaration that under 167.131, KCPS must pay tuition for all KCPS students who seek to transfer to any accredited school district in an amount determined by the accredited school district’s Board of Education, according to the tuition formula in 167.131, and in accordance with the tuition policies of the accredited school district.
b. Declaring that under 167.131, KCPS must provide transportation for all KCPS students who seek to transfer to any accredited school district.
The petition is designed as an interim measure until the overarching issues surrounding the future of KCPS can be resolved. By taking this action collectively, the five districts hope to prevent the disruption of KCPS students’ education in the middle of an academic year, as well as provide time for a lasting and positive educational solution to be determined that will ultimately benefit all students.
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Figures.
ReplyDeleteWinning.
ReplyDeleteJust establishing like a new landfill ... everybody needs it, no one wants it in their neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteNobody wants to deal with undoing the years of ingrained fucked-up, that these little thugee's have accumulated. Big shocker there.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is a victory but it's a really horrible message for our students.
ReplyDeleteAirhead West's "scholars" are as empty as his resume. Here's the president of a defunct school board, who didn't even manage to complete school himself!! What a waste of a good animal..
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's time to bring back Marilyn and the gang. If the district can't educate young people, at least she could run an operation which would distribute money to family and friends and hire lots of "contractors" who'd get paid for nothing.
ReplyDeleteMission Accomplished!
This is why Kansas City will not grow. Nobody wants to risk moving here since the KC District is so bad. If you want to really encourage civic growth you'll make it clear that the KC District is only one of more than a dozen local districts. There are other good places to educate your family. Don't depend on the mayor to solve the problem. It will take years beyond his administration.
ReplyDeletewhat this really does is show you why the murder rate is so high. Do the math.
ReplyDelete@4:09 You're this is far beyond what a 1-term Mayor can accomplish. He should not be involved in anyway. He knew the district was performing poorly before he ran for Mayor. Knowing that, you'd think he'd had a plan in place before he was elected. That is another example why KC stays losing; as Tony would state it. That being said, the damage occurred some time in the 80's. These are now the parents of the illerate children in this district. Magnet programs failed a great many of those children. Then, the 90's brought a sense of entitlement with this same generation shooting and robbing for tennis shoes. Now, in 2011, we're expecting the behavior to change now that there's another generation of these goons. Who can blame these school districts? Just the other day, there was a mob scene over new Jordans; 7 dead, as a result. Those aren't the 40 somethings or the 50 somethings! They're the 20 and 30 somethings who can't; for the past 20+ yrs, get it together mentally. Three words; cycle of poverty.
ReplyDelete"That being said, the damage occurred some time in the 80's."
ReplyDeleteIndeed it did, in 1984. Judge Russell Clark (a Carter appointee) threw money at the District for ten years, kissing NAACP ass the whole time. An excellent synopsis of his 'legacy' can be read here:
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/17f.htm
I should probably thank the old bastard as it was this that got me the fuck OUT of KC, well before it became the shit hole it is today.
THANK YOU, AIRICK LEONARD WEST!
ReplyDeleteWhy is this so difficult? Let the state take it over. Stop trying to make the other districts fix the mess. Let the state, which came up with all of these hoops that they expect the district to jump through, show them how it's done. All you are going to wind up with is busing. It's deseg. part II. Get rid of that provision for unacreditted schools and make the state do their magic.
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