K.C. District Ponders Closing Half of Its Schools
Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City School District is considering a proposal to close half of its schools as it struggles to cut up to $50 million from its budget for the upcoming academic year.
Under the plan district Superintendent John Covington proposed to the school board Saturday, 29 to 31 of the district's 60 schools would be shuttered, eliminating as many as 285 teaching positions.
The district's population has shrunk from a peak of 75,000 students in the late...
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