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Missouri State Board of Education revisits rulemaking authority discussions
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (690+ words) Recently appointed members of the Missouri State Board of Education’s probed the board’s power at its annual retreat Tuesday, repeating a discussion from last year’s workshop but with a new tone. Under new leadership, the board is seeing how far…...
Grace House preparing for annual Back-2-School event next weekend
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (151+ words) A local thrift store serving people in need is hosting its 16th annual Back-2-School event next Saturday to give students a chance to get the supplies they need to be ready for school The first-come, first-served event will be held…...
MoWest students shine at FBLA Nationals
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (92+ words) Two members of Missouri Western's FBLA finished in the top 6 in a national competition in Las Vegas. Aden Monzon, a senior accounting major from Oklahoma City took second place in Sports Management and Marketing. Wyatt Fisher, a Faucett junior in…...
Triumph Foods donating $25,000 to St. Joseph School District language program
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (196+ words) Triumph Foods is donating an additional $25,000 to the St. Joseph School District to continue its support of advancing Regional English Language Development and technical skills. Triumph has donated $100,000 since 2023, which has been split evenly each year. According to a news…...
St. Joseph School District appoints two new assistant principals for Central High School
1+ week, 2+ day ago (284+ words) The St. Joseph School District has appointed and two new assitant princpals for Central High School as Misty Burright and Kendra Hodgin's have been approved by the Board of Education ahead of the 2026-27 school year. Burright has more than two…...
Missouri School Grading System Could Cost More Than $500,000 To Launch
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (245+ words) Missouri is one step closer to implementing A-through-F grades for public schools. The state education department has delivered a framework to Governor Mike Kehoe outlining how the new accountability system would work. Kehoe says he's pleased with the plan. “They've…...
Missouri education department’s A-F school grading plan comes with warnings
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (768+ words) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education sent its plan Tuesday for grading public schools on an “A” through “F” scale to Gov. Mike Kehoe, fulfilling a directive from his January executive order while warning that the work will…...
Benedictine opens Independence Hall-styled library for July 4th
2+ week, 2+ day ago (132+ words) Benedictine College of Atchison has wrapped up construction of the new Moritz Library, modeled after Philadelphia's Independence Hall. The library is complete with a reproduction of the Assembly room, where the Declaration of Independence, and later the U.S. Constitution, were drafted…...
Missouri parent groups organize against Amendment 5 over school funding concerns
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1726+ words) Sarah Laub tried everything to get her son with learning disabilities a better education. She drove him to a private school an hour and a half away from their home in rural Missouri before being directed to the local public…...
United Way of Greater St. Joseph seeks volunteers for Stuff the Bus
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (216+ words) The annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive, hosted by the United Way of Greater St. Joseph, will once again be held in August helping to gather school suppliess for students in need. Stuff the Bus will be held on…...