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1. YWCA to Honor Five Area Women YWCA to Honor Five Area Women February /21/2003 The 2003 Hearts of Gold will inaugurate the Greater Kanss City's Racial Justice Award. Five women, Corinthian Nutter, Linda M. Collier, Rita Valenciano, Jarene Stanford, and June Neal Key, will be the...
2. Youth Entrepreneurs Program Gives Students Some Serious Info Youth Entrepreneurs Program Gives Students Some Serious Info April 9, 2011 Articles profiles the Youth Entrepreneurs competition at Van Horn High School and some student participants. The Youth Entrepreneurs program was founded 20 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, by the Charles...
3. Working to Save Caring Communities Working to Save Caring Communities December/26/2001 Nine schools in the Kansas City School District are Caring Communties sites including elementary schools as Woodland, James and McCoy and Van Horn High School. These sites in the program provide many extra...
4. Working to Keep the "Public" in the Public School District Working to Keep the "Public" in the Public School District March/11-17/1999 Describes the recent history of the Kansas City Public School system and its status under the Desegregation Monitoring Committee.
5. With Hike, School Tax Still to Be Low With Hike, School Tax Still to Be Low October/11/1960 Article about a tax levy increase for the Kansas City School District.
6. Who Should Finance Improvements? Who Should Finance Improvements? September 4, 2012 Article debating the use of the Kansas City Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Commission funds for streetscaping in the MainCor community improvement district. Although the projects have been well received,...
7. Wheeler, Once KC Schools Chief, Dies Wheeler, Once KC Schools Chief, Dies March 7, 2008 Robert Wheeler, Kansas City school superintendent from 1977 to 1982, died March 5, 2008. Prior to that position, he was a counselor at Manual High School, vice principal at Central High School, and assistant...
8. What's Next For The School District? What’s Next For The School District? August 26-September 1, 2011 Dr. John Covington, superintendent of schools, announced Wednesday, that he would resign from his position. Covington was hired on April 30, 2009, by a unanimous vote by the school board and later closed...
9. What's in a Name? Kansas City Schools Offer Lessons in History with Those They Honor What's in a Name? Kansas City Schools Offer Lessons in History with Those They Honor July/31/1997 Discusses origins of the names of numerous schools in the Kansas City School District. In particular, it mentions three schools that closed on June 30, 1997: D. A. Holmes Elementary, Greenwood Elementary,...
10. Westside School to Host Fiesta Westside School to Host Fiesta September 1-7, 2011 Rupert Aguirre, an alumnus of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School, co-organized a reunion of alumni to raise money for the school when he saw the need to restore chairs, books, and the school itself....
11. Westport Public Schools Westport Public Schools September/14/1895 Schedules for openings of Westport public schools, including the Penn School for "colored" or black children.
12. Webster House Makes The Grade Webster House Makes The Grade August 30, 2007 Review of the restaurant in Webster House, the former schoolhouse at 1644 Wyandotte.
13. Waldo Residents Plant Seeds to Reopen Elementary School Waldo Residents Plant Seeds to Reopen Elementary School July 24, 2012 A group of Waldo residents have formed the Friends of Hale Cook organization to convince the Kansas City Public School District to reopen Hale Cook Elementary School. The group wants their children to...
14. Voting Made Easier Voting Made Easier April/8/1954 Article providing a description of the new voting machines, the first of their kind in Kansas City.
15. Voters Back Plan to Switch 7 Schools Voters Back Plan to Switch 7 Schools November 7, 2007 Voters in both the Kansas City School District and the Independence School District voted overwhelmingly to move seven schools located in western Independence, Missouri, from the Kansas City School District...
16. Veteran Educator Dies At 89 Veteran Educator Dies At 89 June 16, 2006 Bernard C. Campbell who had one of the longest tenures of any school superintendent in the metro area died June 15, 2006, at the age of 89. He became head of the Lee's Summit schools in 1943 and didn't...
17. Vacuum Cleaner Inventors Vacuum Cleaner Inventors November/25/1908 Article explaining a vacuum cleaner invented by Westport High School teachers Daniel Hall and Charles Hermann.
18. Up in a Design Firm Up in a Design Firm November/8/1959 Photo and biographical article about Donald Hollis, an "Overland Park architect" as head of the firm of Hollis & Miller at 9423 West 75th Street and residence at 7642 Hemlock Road. Description of his architectural...
19. University's Gem, Dr. Butterworth University's Gem, Dr. Butterworth March 9, 2005 Part of Dean Hughson's "e-interviews" column. Interview is with Dr. Mary Butterworth, D.O., who has spent 50 years with what is now called Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. She taught...
20. University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine October 27, 1974 Several articles and photos in a section of the paper featuring the new University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.