Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district’s schools by the start of classes in the fall, without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months.
E: Figgins, Woodward. DP: Kansas City 0, Seattle 0. LOB: Kansas City 8, Seattle 5. 2B : Callaspo, Betemit, Falu; Bradley, Griffey Jr., Tuiasosopo. 3B : Figgins. HR : Ka’aihue; Tuiasosopo. S: Halman. SF: Griffey Jr..
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Chone Figgins ended his spring slump with two hits, including a two-run triple during Seattle's four-run fifth inning, and the Mariners tied the Kansas City Royals 6-6 on Friday.
A chase with Kansas City Police ended in a crash at 39th and S. Benton on Friday evening. Police said the chase started after a woman in a vehicle pointed a rifle at a man and then fled the scene.
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Olin Dean Mahendra Gupta welcomes the business school's cross-state outreach as a means to better serve the school's alumni and other business professionals in Kansas City, who until now had to travel to St. Louis to take advantage of Olin's programs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Kansas City's school superintendent said Thursday the plan to shutter nearly half the district's schools, while "painful," will move forward quickly so that all the closures will be complete by fall. The school board narrowly approved the plan Wednesday night to close 29 of the district's 61 schools to try to stave off bankruptcy. The closures have angered many parents ...
Los Angeles: 1-ran for Johnson in the 7th. 2-ran for Ellis in the 8th. a-flied out for Guillen in the 8th. 1-ran for Betemit in the 9th. E: Gordon; Falu. DP: Los Angeles 2, Kansas City 1. LOB: Los Angeles 7, Kansas City 7. 2B : Bloomquist. HR : Ethier, Blake; Podsednik. SB: Smith. SF: Podsednik, Falu. CS : Ankiel.
Facing a $50 million deficit, the Kansas City, Mo., school board voted this week to close 29 of the city's 61 public schools. Ray Suarez talks to Superintendent John Covington about the board's decision.
Education experts say they can’t recall when so many of a district's schools have been closed. The Kansas City school district has struggled for years with declining enrollment and integration issues.
