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.
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Hot dogs, carnival games, fire trucks, prizes, money-saving home services, help with rent, utilities, internet and more — for sure, the inaugural LINC Morning Star Caring Communities Fair June 11 aims to entertain and to serve.
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A third round of free home Covid-19 tests are now available online at covidtests.gov. Look for updated Covid-19 vaccination and testing opportunities in the Kansas City area at kclinc.org/covid19
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Missouri announced the launch of a public website to help guide access to Missouri's American Rescue Plan Act funds. The website reports how state ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Funds are being spent and also provides information on how to apply for funds.
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As LINC works with KC Digital Drive to connect more households to low-cost or free Internet, more federal resources are coming into play. President Joe Biden announced deals to boost America’s $14.2 billion program to help all households get low-cost, high-speed internet.
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“It really gave us a new enlightenment of how to teach,” Young Professor’s co-owner Paula Smith said of LINC’s training and consultation program for Missouri’s Infant Toddler Specialist Network.
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Veolele needed a lawyer. Because of LINC’s support for the Hickman Mills and Center Justice in the Schools program with Legal Aid of Western Missouri, her pursuit of guardianship over her grandchildren became one of 279 cases the program has opened since 2020.
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Saturday’s season-ender at Smith-Hale Middle School gathered nearly 100 players to wrap up a year of transition from the online tournaments of the pandemic to the familiar face-to-face battles. Check it out. We’ve got the results.
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It started slowly, but once federal pandemic aid for rent and utilities began reaching Americans in need, more than 80% went as designed to low-income households. LINC played a key role in the Kansas City area.
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Mark G. Flaherty, a LINC commissioner, lawyer and founding member of the Health Forward Foundation, died peacefully at his Kansas City home April 27. He was 72.
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Here they come again. Remake Learning Days-Kansas City are back with opportunities for families to create, invent and experience hands-on learning at a host of programs sites and schools May 6-16.
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The stars came out, dressed for LINC’s Prom Night at Ervin Elementary School in Hickman Mills. Shining dresses and silky suits — on many kids and parents — helped spread the partying vibe as deejay music, balloons and shimmering streamers filled out the scene across the school’s gym floor.
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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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