Tag: Shawnee Mission School District
Four JOCO school districts unite, prepare to sue state over perceived lack of special education funding
The four largest school districts in Johnson County, Blue Valley, DeSoto, Olathe, and Shawnee Mission, are joining forces with the…
Olathe, Shawnee Mission School Districts choose different paths in response to federal allegations of FERPA, Title IX violations
Last month, the U.S. Department of Education concluded an eight-month investigation by citing four Kansas school districts; Kansas City, Olathe,…
Kobach urges U.S. Department of Ed to investigate four Kansas districts for civil rights violations
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is urging the United States Department of Education to open an investigation against four school…
Study: Kansas should verify desired schools’ capacities to accept Open Enrollment students
Kansas’ Open Enrollment law allows K-12 students wishing to transfer to another district to do so, depending on the capacity…
Caedran Sullivan, Shawnee Mission teacher who spoke out against DEI training, sues district
A 17-year veteran Shawnee Mission teacher who was disciplined — and subject to a protest tacitly condoned by the school district…
Some districts still refuse to notify parents of ‘social transitioning’ transgender students
Last week, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach accused several large school districts in the state of violating parental notification requirements…
Kansas Justice Institute demands Westwood stop violating free speech rights over park sale
The Kansas Justice Institute is demanding the City of Westwood retract a letter threatening opponents of a development project with…
Principal silent on alleged drag queen discussion in Shawnee middle school
A Trailridge Middle School parent is outraged, but the school principal is mum about allegations that their child was subjected…
Shawnee Mission School District must pay $400K to family in special education dispute
A federal court in Kansas ordered the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) to pay a Westwood family $400,000 for legal…
Evidence-Based Grading: another attempt to obscure poor performance?
The Shawnee Mission School District will unveil the concept of “Evidence-Based Grading” (EBG) in the upcoming school year,fueling the conversation…
SMSD dodges questions about transgender policy
The Shawnee Mission School District has declined to answer questions about its “Transgender Practices & FAQ,” a document obtained by…
Records request backs up SMSD teacher’s complaints about DEI
The results of a Kansas Open Records Act request to the Shawnee Mission School District back up several of the…
Kansas City Star reporting on Shawnee Mission protest reveals bias
The Kansas City Star exaggerated repeatedly in a story about a protest at Shawnee Mission North over comments a teacher…
SMSD parents share concerns about ‘DEIB’ programs
Shawnee Mission North High School teacher Caedran Sullivan last week exposed the widespread negative impact of the district’s DEIB indoctrination,…
Shawnee Mission teacher shines light on divisive ‘diversity’ training
A Shawnee Mission teacher has blown the doors wide open regarding the indoctrination her district is foisting on children in…
Special education formula doesn’t count all the funding
School funding advocates met at the Capitol in Topeka recently to make the case that special education in Kansas is…
Rep. Jarrod Ousley, SM Post deceive parents on school choice
A recent column in the Shawnee Mission Post by Rep. Jarrod Ousley (D-Merriam) misrepresents the truth about civil rights, school…
Kansas Supreme Court reverses district court ruling on SB 40
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a ruling from a district court judge declaring Senate Bill 40, — which gave due…
Parents prove state school board wrong on CRT
“Critical Race Theory – CRT – is not taught in schools,” is the constant refrain from administrators and school boards…
KU ducks questions about CRT in education curriculum
As the furor over the teaching of controversial subjects such as critical race theory swings elections in other states, a…
Study: diversity administrators do not improve student achievement
The achievement gap between white and minority students likely increases when K-12 school districts hire chief diversity officers. That’s the…
Schools approve graphic gay sex scenes in classroom book
A book detailing the sexual exploits of a young man is on the approved reading list for students as young…
Teacher leaves Shawnee Mission over critical race theory, masks
Critical race theory and mask mandates prompted at least one Shawnee Mission School District teacher to throw in the towel…
AG’s office asks Kansas Supreme Court to grant SB 40 stay
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to pause a District Court judge’s ruling that the…