KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSIDERING CHANGES DUE TO FLUCTUATING ENROLLMENT. By Cynthia Newsome, 41 Action News
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSHB.com) – Change is coming for Kansas City Public Schools. The district’s enrollment is growing in northern sections of the district and declining in southern sections. For the past year, district administrators have been researching and meeting with parents to determine what can and should be done. School board members will hear those preliminary findings Wednesday night at the KCPS school board headquarters.
By February, the board will decide if some schools should be closed, if boundaries should change or if some community partners should be invited to office inside other schools. Superintendent Dr. Steven Green said it’s time for the district’s master plan to be modified.
“The last time it was modified was in 2006. Enrollment numbers have changed and neighborhoods have changed,” Green said. “Closing schools is an option, but it’s the last option.”
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