LINC in the Kansas City Public Schools

A student at Foreign Language Academy decorates her pumpkin at the 2012 Lights On Afterschool celebration.

A student at Foreign Language Academy decorates her pumpkin at the 2012 Lights On Afterschool celebration.

LINC has partnered with Kansas City Public Schools since 1992. In a time when the district has been facing serious financial changes, LINC provides services that support children and families while allowing district staff to carry out their responsibilities of educating students.

Dr. Mark T. Bedell is the district superintendent.

District Profile

Site Data Books

Map of LINC Sites in KCPS

Caring Communities

  • African-Centered College Preparatory Academy
  • Banneker Elementary
  • Border Star Montessori
  • Carver Dual Language
  • Faxon Montessori
  • Foreign Language Academy
  • Garfield Elementary
  • Gladstone Elementary
  • Hartman Elementary
  • Hale Cook Elementary
  • Holliday Montessori
  • J.A. Rogers Elementary
  • James Elementary
  • King @ KCMSA
  • Longfellow Elementary
  • Melcher Elementary
  • Wendell Phillips Elementary
  • Pitcher Elementary
  • Primitivo Garcia Elementary
  • Richardson Early Learning Center
  • Trailwoods Elementary
  • Troost Elementary
  • Wheatley Elementary
  • Whittier Elementary
  • Woodland Early Learning Community School

LINC Site Coordinators in the KCPS

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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith

Pitcher
(816) 418-4554
asmith@kclinc.org

 

Brenda Newsome
Brenda Newsome

African-Centered College Prep. Acad.
(816) 418-1207
bnewsome@kclinc.org

Calvin Wainright
Calvin Wainright

Melcher
(816) 418-6744
cwainright@kclinc.org

 

Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson

Woodland Early Learning Community School
(816) 418-5928
dnrobinson@kclinc.org

Danisha Clarkson
Danisha Clarkson

Banneker
(816) 418-1862
dclarkson@kclinc.org

Darryl Bush
Darryl Bush

King Elementary
dbush@kclinc.org

Darryl Carey
Darryl Carey

Holliday Montessori
(816) 418-1986
dcarey@kclinc.org
 

Deanna Snider
Deanna Snider

Carver Dual-Language Academy
(816) 418-4925
dsnider@kclinc.org

Ellen Auer
Ellen Auer

Whittier Elementary
(816) 418-3888
eauer@kclinc.org

Eric Lanier
Eric Lanier

James Elementary
(816) 418-3724
elanier@kclinc.org

Hieu Nguyen
Hieu Nguyen

Gladstone Elementary
(816) 418-3971
hnguyen@kclinc.org

Jamie Braden
Jamie Braden

Hartman Elementary
(816) 418-1799
jbraden@kclinc.org

Jordan Smith
Jordan Smith

Foreign Language Academy
(816) 418-6076
jsmith@kclinc.org

Kristin Potter
Kristin Potter

Trailwoods Elementary
(816) 418-3250
kpotter@kclinc.org

Marlisa Collins
Marlisa Collins

Foreign Language Academy
(816) 418-6076
mmcollins@kclinc.org

Melanie Scott
Melanie Scott

Trailwoods Elementary
(816) 418-3250
mscott@kclinc.org

Nina Falls
Nina Falls

Richardson ELC
(816) 418-2627
nfalls@kclinc.org

Pam Ealy
Pam Ealy

Wendell Phillips
(816) 418-3756
pealy@kclinc.org

Patrice Buckner
Patrice Buckner

Rogers
(816) 418-4759
pbuckner@kclinc.org

Qiana McGee
Qiana McGee

Hale Cook Elementary
(816) 418-1607
qmcgee@kclinc.org

Ray Thomas
Ray Thomas

Wheatley
(816) 418-2958
rthomas@kclinc.org
 

Sarah Duzell
Sarah Duzell

Garfield Elementary
(816) 418-3612
sduzell@kclinc.org

Shelley Taylor-Doran
Shelley Taylor-Doran

Border Star Montessori
(816) 418-5167
staylor@kclinc.org

Torran Sayles
Torran Sayles

Longfellow Elementary
(816) 418-5347
tsayles@kclinc.org

Yolanda Robinson
Yolanda Robinson

Faxon Elementary
(816) 418-6553
yrobinson@kclinc.org

District News

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'We have to talk about these things': LINC students confront race, identity in '30 Americans' exhibition
'We have to talk about these things': LINC students confront race, identity in '30 Americans' exhibition

Students from Wendell Phillips Elementary School toured the Nelson-Atkins Museum’s provocative “30 Americans” exhibition of works by African American artists, taking on its challenging questions of “Race, History, Identity and Beauty.”

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KCPS to Host Enrollment Fair for New Students
KCPS to Host Enrollment Fair for New Students

Kansas City Public Schools is hosting its 2019 Enrollment Fair for new students from Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18 at the Board of Education building, which is located at 2901 Troost Ave. in Kansas City, Mo.

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Kansas City Public Schools wins national award for efforts to combat evictions
Kansas City Public Schools wins national award for efforts to combat evictions

The Kansas City Public Schools’ unique partnership with determined researchers and lawyers to help rescue district families from evictions earned national recognition this week.

KCPS won the 2019 Research and Assessment Leadership Award awarded by the Council of the Great City Schools.

The school district partnered with LINC, the Kansas City Eviction Project and Legal Aid of Western Missouri in creating data tools to alert school officials where district families were vulnerable and in danger of eviction.

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KC School Suspension Summit: 'Oppression shows up when you don't know it's happening'
KC School Suspension Summit: 'Oppression shows up when you don't know it's happening'

The 2019 School Suspension Summit in Kansas City challenged notions of power, race and identity to take on inequitable disparities in area school suspension data.

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LINC readers eager to dive in at 'Summer Reading Splash' at Sprint Center
LINC readers eager to dive in at 'Summer Reading Splash' at Sprint Center

Children from LINC programs will join some 2,000 children at the Sprint Center June 19 for the Summer Reading Splash extravaganza. Turn the Page KC and several partners put on the program to help keep children reading through the summer.

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