KCPS recommends closing two high schools, eight elementary schools

The Kansas City Public Schools moved into the final — and most emotional — stage of its Blueprint 2030 process Wednesday as it put names to the number of schools the administration is proposing be closed. Welcome to Phase Four.

'This is our heart': Building schools of character

Character Counts is foundational. Speaking the program’s name invokes the six pillars of moral living that LINC’s team members learn and carry into their Caring Communities. It guides the lessons and meaningful moments they share with children in their classrooms every day.

'All Because You Matter'; KCPS urges everyone to stop and read

The Kansas City Public Schools community wants children, parents, caregivers, adults, community partners like LINC and others to pick up books and show universally that “KCPS Loves to Read.”

Watch the video: Back to school with LINC

Take a look at Melcher’s Million Fathers March, the first day at Hickman Mills’ new Sixth Grade Center, “Character Counts! at Belvidere, sunny greetings from Gladstone and Boone’s back-to-school picnic.

Welcome back! This is what Caring Communities look like

Yes, there will be plenty of all the creative fun that kids enjoy in LINC’s before- and after-school programs, but just as reliable are the broader supports LINC’s Caring Communities bring to the children, families and neighborhoods.

Simon says: Start your pre-enollment for LINC now!

We’re getting ready for you. LINC’s free before- and after-school programs are now starting the pre-enrollment process for the coming school year. Find out what you need to know about our Caring Communities programs and start your pre-enrollment today.

Flight path to fun: LINC summer school programs hit the mark

LINC’s drone program at Smith-Hale Middle School in Hickman Mills was one of many adventures in educational play in summer school before- and after-school programs in LINC’s Caring Communities in June.

Are you ready to close schools? KCPS invites patrons to try 'balancing act'

This is a complicated business, closing schools. The Kansas City Public Schools has created an online exercise that invites everyone to take a turn sorting out difficult choices that lie ahead in its Blueprint 2030 plan to shape the district’s future.

Ready transition: Bedell says KCPS will be in good hands with Collier

“It’s time,” Superintendent Mark Bedell said, as he prepares after six years to leave a district that has regained full accreditation and is positioned for a strong transition and greater achievement with Interim Superintendent Jennifer Collier. “Brighter days are ahead.”

Simon says: No stopping the possibilities for LINC's big summer

“Do your favorite dance move!” was the Simon Says command, and in a moment LINC children launched into an dazzling array of gyrations, spins and leg kicks — as varied and entertaining as LINC’s menu of summer recreational and educational fun.

It's a wrap! LINC carnivals, cabarets and more finish school year with a bang

LINC’s Caring Communities capped off the 2021-22 school year with a host of field days, talent shows and parties across the 52 LINC Caring Communities. See our gallery — and sign up for summer!

Sign up for Summer! Pre-enrollment open for LINC's before- and after-school programs

Here comes summer. It’s time for families that are planning to have children in summer school to pre-enroll for LINC’s before- and after-school programs. We’ll be ready with games, activities and fun learning opportunities at 15 school sites in our partner districts.

Blueprint 2030: Community chats to consider scenarios for future of KC Public Schools

Kansas City Public Schools’ plans for a changing school system now have scenarios to look at — and it’s your turn to tell the district what you think. The district is scheduling several opportunities for the public to see and give input on what the district team is now imagining from academics to programs.

Hartman LINC student's 'Black is Beautiful' joins KCPS Sankofa oratory prize winners

“Black,” said Hartman Elementary School student Alaundra Anderson, “. . . is as beautiful as two sisters walking hand in hand . . . as wading in a pond on a hot summer day . . . as you holding your baby for the very first time . . .”

Urban TEC drives an 'HBCU Girl's' rebel mission

Ina P. Montgomery, creator of Urban TEC, is still the tempest who – after a white suburban Kansas City guidance counselor told her she probably wasn’t college material – declared with great Black pride that she’d storm the world in business for herself right out of high school.

'Beating the Odds' study shines light on KCPS, Hickman Mills schools making academic gains

A PRiME Center study from Saint Louis University raises up high-poverty schools in Missouri that are among the best in showing growth in state test performance.

Fully accredited: KCPS community rejoices

The six years it took for Superintendent Mark Bedell to lead the Kansas City Public Schools to the promised land of full accreditation would have been wilderness enough.

But the joy that swept over the resilient school district Tuesday burst from 22 years of pain that longtime educators and a community of partners and supporters have carried since the state stripped accreditation in 2000.

Front Porch Alliance–LINC robotics team at Faxon shines in FIRST Lego League tourney

The judges were waiting. And Faxon Elementary School’s robotics teams were up. Nervous? Oh yes. But now it was time to show why Faxon and its partners at the Front Porch Alliance this year decided to move its robotics program to after-school hours with LINC.

Gift of stocking hats delights LINC children

Winter is on the way, and a LINC volunteer knitted stocking hats for children that were richly colored and soft as plush teddy bears.

LINC's Girls on the Run, Let Me Run boys and their fans celebrate 5K triumphs

Talk about your perfect days. Girls on the Run and the Let Me Run boys program set out in gorgeous fall weather for their big 5K runs Saturday, and we’ve got photos.