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Kansas Board of Education to Face Most Controversial Year Yet

Submitted by Fox4KC Web Staff
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013, 8:24am

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas education leaders have some big decisions to make on every level from the classroom to the courtroom.

According to The Lawrence Journal-World, the Kansas State Board of Eduction say 2013 will be one of its busiest and most controversial years in recent history. It’s busy developing the Next Generation Science Standards, which will likely serve as a national model for science curriculum standards. The controversial issue among conservatives is the teaching of evolution versus biblical explanations of creation. The final draft of these standards is scheduled for public release sometime this week.

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MCCC Bringing Classes to Cass County

Submitted by Jason Vaughn, FOX4KC.com Web Producer
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012, 2:47pm
MCCC Bringing Classes to Cass County

BELTON, Mo. -- Committed to education, the MCCC is bringing classes your way. Starting in February, you can earn an Associate of Arts Degree by taking evening classes at the new MCC Cass County Campus, located at the Belton High School Freshman Center, 801 North Avenue, Belton, MO 64012.

Call 816-604-2568 for more information or click here.

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KU Hawk Talk Football Kick-Off Rally Set for Sept. 1

Submitted by Jason Vaughn, FOX4KC.com Web Producer
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011, 7:12am
KU Hawk Talk Football Kick-Off Rally Set for Sept. 1

(PRESS RELEASE) Kansas football head coach Turner Gill will launch his weekly radio show on Thursday, Sept. 1 as part of the Hawk Talk Kick Off Rally. Hawk Talk with Turner Gill will move to the Salty Iguana on the corner of 6th St., and Wakarusa in 2011 and the season-long show will begin with a bang as it will be a part of a kick off pep rally for Kansas football fans.

The Hawk Talk Kick Off Rally will open at 5 p.m., in the Salty Iguana parking lot with inflatable games for kids, various KU giveaways and multiple vendors on site. Hawk Talk with Turner Gill will broadcast live from inside Salty Iguana from 6-7 p.m.

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JCCC Sees Lower Summer Enrollment

Submitted by Scott Macintosh on Tuesday, June 28th, 11:08 am
JCCC Sees Lower Summer Enrollment

A total of 9,361 students are enrolled in summer classes at Johnson County Community College, down 4.8 percent from the 9,836 students enrolled last summer.

The summer term began June 6.

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Two Local Students Receive $4,000 Scholarships

Submitted by Scott Macintosh on Monday, June 27th, 1:16 pm
Two Local Students Receive $4,000 Scholarships

Two Kansas City area high school students each received a $4,000 scholarship at an award ceremony at Tallgrass Creek retirement community, where the students have worked part-time.
 
This year’s scholarship recipients are Elizabeth ‘Libby’ O’Neil, a graduate of St. Teresa’s Academy who will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Thomas Tong, a graduate of Olathe East High School who is heading to the University of Kansas.
 
Scholarship funds were raised by Tallgrass Creek residents to show their appreciation of the students’ work and assist them financially in their post-secondary education.

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Five Local Kansas High Schools Counted Among Newsweek's Best

Submitted by Scott Macintosh on Wednesday, June 22nd, 1:03 pm
Five Local Kansas High Schools Counted Among Newsweek's Best

Three Shawnee Mission and two Blue Valley schools were selected for inclusion in Newsweek's list of America’s Best High Schools. In 2011, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Shawnee Mission South, Blue Valley and Blue Valley North were chosen for the list. Go here to see the list.

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JCCC Raises $3.29 Million for New Culinary Academy

Submitted by Scott Macintosh on Monday, June 20th, 12:25 pm
JCCC Raises $3.29 Million for New Culinary Academy

Johnson County Community College’s Foundation has met the “Wysong Challenge” by raising $3,291,032 to support the construction of a new hospitality and culinary academy on the college campus.

The “Wysong Challenge” is a set of initiatives intended to distinguish JCCC’s hospitality program at national and global levels. Former Kansas Senator David Wysong and his wife, Kathy, announced in May 2008 a $750,000 challenge gift to help raise funds in support of JCCC’s hospitality program, which eventually included the construction of a new facility.

In 2010, the college’s board of trustees challenged the Foundation to raise $3 million over 18 months to support the construction of such a facility. If the Foundation was able to raise the money, then the trustees pledged to give favorable consideration toward its construction. The monies would come from the college’s capital outlay fund and capital reserves, which are restricted to capital projects.

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