As Kansas City is being recognized for its citywide crusade for reading, the national director of the Campaign for Grade Level Reading took a moment recently to honor one of the movement’s “fiercest and most relentless champions” — LINC Founder and former Chairman, Bert Berkley.
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The LINC Commission will meet Monday, April 18th in an online meeting that starts at 4 pm
This is the published agenda. A potential closed session is listed on the revised agenda.
Here’s a link to the meeting booklet.
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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.
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A former LINC part-time staffer made history election night. The Rev. Anthony Mondaine won a seat on the Independence School Board April 5 and will serve as the district’s first Black representative.
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School district funding in North Kansas City and ballot questions in Kansas City all passed with ease in final results from Election Day April 5. Voters also decided close school board races in several of LINC’s partner school districts.
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School board seats are up for grabs April 5. Bond issues for many of you. Health levies and sewer bonds for others. The Vote 411 web site by the League of Women Voters gathers the information you need, for this and future elections.
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Kansas City’s healthcare safety net needs voters’ approval April 5 to continue its role in making sure everyone — including the poor and uninsured — has access to emergency and preventative services.
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“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 . . .”
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“This is what a community is about,” Hickman Mills Superintendent Yaw Obeng said. “In building collaboration with our district, it leads to parent engagement, vendors engagement, and, eventually, student success.”
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For the second time in two years, the growing North Kansas City School District is asking voters to approve no-tax-increase ballot measures. NKC’s bond issue and levy transfer highlight election day April 5 along with a host of important school board races across most of LINC’s partner districts.
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Thanks to students, staff and the community “going above and beyond,” Fort Osage has overcome many challenges to stay on course for a “wonderful” 2022, Superintendent Jason Snodgrass said in his annual State of the District address.
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It’s time to enroll. LINC’s chess tournament is returning in-person March 5 at William Chrisman High School with divisions for children of all ages. Preregister by March 2.
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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.
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As yet another refreshing sign we’re emerging from Covid’s winter, the annual Hickman Mills Family Summit is planning to return as an in-person event March 5.
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Everything that’s motivated the 12 years of work in the Kansas City Black History Project — the research, the storytelling, the teaching and sharing — has gone fully digital. An enhanced webpage unleashes the stories of more than 80 Black men and women into sortable lists, school lesson plans, poetic video, essays and links to recorded oral history.
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When problems boil up between renters and landlords, hotline services can be overwhelmed and legal aid offices busy. Now renters under stress can go online to the Tenant Problem Solver for help.
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If you earned $73,000 or less in 2021 you can file your income tax return for free. And if you earned $58,000 or less, getting help to file your taxes is also free. Here’s how to get started.
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Hickman Mills is exploring adding a second site for the middle school program that is now at Smith-Hale to add specialized learning, enrichment programs and additional social and emotional support for students.
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“No one had a roadmap or a playbook,” Gov. Mike Parson said. “We knew we faced difficult times ahead.” Morning Star and LINC’s leadership, he said, helped serve hundreds of thousands who needed relief the most during the pandemic.
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Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order four home COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. The CDC urges households to order your tests now so they will be available when you need them.
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