May 1 - 15, 2011 Education News - Kansas City, Kansas Public ...

Home News
Communities Sports Opinion Our Services Classifieds
Staffing cuts on agenda for Tuesday's KCK school board meeting
Some employment positions may be eliminated at the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at the district's Central Office and Training
Center auditoriium, 2010 N. 59th, Kansas City, Kansas.
According to the agenda for the meeting, eight employment positions are proposed to be eliminated because of severe budget cuts, including the principal of the Fairfax
Campus. Also on the list are some paraprofessionals, aides, a secretary, and several others working throughout the district. In addition, five classified employees’ positions are
proposed to be eliminated.
The selection of a general contractor for the new library project also is on the agenda. Several other items also are on the agenda, including a professional services agreement
for Edison Elementary School expansion, and school lunch pricing.
If approved, school lunch prices would go up next school year from $1.50 at the elementary level to $1.65 per meal, and from $1.75 at the middle school and high school level to
$1.90. The district is following federal guidelines in making the change.
This summer, the district will provide free and reduced meal service to 13 school sites and 25 non-school sites, totaling 4,500 breakfast and 4,800 lunch meals daily, while
students are out of school for summer break, according to district information. The district recognizes that it could be providing the only meals some of the students receive,
according to district information.
Also on the agenda is a bid for LCD projectors, associated hardware and Smart Board technology, an interactive board used in the classroom for instruction, of $622,559.20.
To see an agenda for the meeting, visit http://www.kckps.org/board/a051011.pdf.
Subscribe Back to Top
© Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved.