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District Starts Monday
District Starts Monday
PREPARING FOR A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR . . . Dr. Yvette Robinson, vice principal, at Mary Harmon Weeks Elementary school, prepares a hallway bulletin board for the first day of school. Weeks educates children PK-2 this school year. “I am excited this school year and all of the possibilities. I cannot wait to get started,” Dr. Robinson said. It is projected that approximately 17,000 students will be attending schools within the Kansas City, Mo., School District. The District closed half of its schools this year due to declining enrollment and budget cuts. - - CALL photo by Eric L. Wesson
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New Look School District Starts Monday
By Eric L. Wesson CALL Staff Writer On Monday, Aug. 30, approximately 17,000 students in the Kansas City, Mo.,