LINC Director of Training and Compliance Carl Wade opened the 2025 National Afterschool Association convention in Nashville with a stirring message: “This hard work is heart work.” This LINC video captures some of his words and reactions from after-school professionals from around the country. See Wade’s full speech on the NAA25 YouTube video here.
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The school board and district administration — with the support as well of public charter schools in Kansas City — believe the time is now for Kansas City schools to seek KCPS’s first bond issue since 1967. Election Day is April 8.
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LINC parent Kristen Garretson at Ingels Elementary School in Hickman Mills talks about what LINC means to her family.
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Recently Miles-Bartee sat down with The Kansas City Star’s culture and identity reporter, J.M. Banks, and talked about the transitioning into nonprofit work, finding a passion for helping the community and her fears these days about federal and state budget cuts.
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LINC will be providing STE(A)M education and programs to teach children about the environment and conservation. And LINC will hold a community event on the day after Earth Day April 23. Read more to learn how to register for trees. Deadline is March 15.
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Foster, who joined the LINC Commission in 2023, is a founding partner of Preuss | Foster Law, an adjunct professor in Trial Advocacy and Constitutional Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a governor-appointed commissioner on the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority.
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LINC has named BLAQUE KC Founder Cokethea Hill, human resources specialist and youth mentor Deborah Hogan, and Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley President Tammy Robinson to join the LINC commission in overseeing the work of LINC’s Caring Communities in support of children, families and neighborhoods.
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You qualify if you earn $67,000 or less. The program also serves taxpayers with disabilities or who speak limited English. See how you can make an appointment today.
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The LINC Commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, 4 p.m., has been cancelled to due severe winter weather.
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The donors’ support sends a wonderful message to the students and the community, said Whittier Principal Phillena Layne. See the “confidence boost” that the students get “knowing that the community is behind them.
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The LINC Commission will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 4 p.m., has been cancelled.
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As we look forward to 2025, take a journey back with us through the year that was. Thank you all our families, neighbors and community partners for making it a wonderful year.
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“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” — Jackie Robinson. Welcome to the 2025 Kansas City Black History Project with a new collection of free booklets, posters and calendars to be shared in honor and celebration of great men and women in our city’s history. Click to learn more and download the project.
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Genesis School in Kansas City, despite public outpourings of support from its parents and staff, is back in the hard place it was two years ago: imperiled by its sponsor that wants the school to close.
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It’s not the sparkling green paint job that Garry mentions first when listing favorite things about his new bike. Not the smooth glide. Not the speed. The Gladstone Elementary student in LINC’s Caring Communities program was in love with the brakes.
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Hundreds of friends and neighbors from all across our LINC Caring Communities celebrated Christmas Eve together at the Morning Star Youth and Family Life Center at the Third Annual Christmas Eve Luncheon with Councilwoman Melissa Patterson Hazley, Rev. John Modest Miles, the KC Fire Department and the LINC team.
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Jackson County has established an application process for property owners 62 and older to freeze your current tax rate so that it would not rise if property tax rates were to rise in the coming years. Here’s how to apply.
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Maybe it happened within a half hour, certainly by the 45-minute mark. But at some point, the LINC kids’ understanding of the simple directions from the KC Clay Guild art teachers ran fully amok — just like it was supposed to.
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