KCMSD District plans Right Sizing public forums

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District plans Right Sizing public forums
Superintendent Dr. John Covington and members of his leadership team will unveil the District's Right-Sizing Proposal to the Board of Education at a special School Board meeting at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the offices of Husch Blackwell Sanders, 4801 Main, Kansas City, MO. The meeting is open to the public.

A series of four community forums will take place throughout the district next week to gather input on school closures. The forums will be designed to give parents and community stakeholders information about the schools located in their particular geographic region.

The FOUR forums will be as follows:
· Tuesday, Feb. 16 - Northeast Elementary School, 4904 Independence Ave. (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.)
(Askew, East, Fairview, Garfield, Gladstone, James, McCoy, Northeast Elementary, Northeast HS, Pitcher, Rogers, Scarritt, TAPC, Trailwoods, West Rock Creek, Whittier, Woodland)

• Wednesday, Feb. 17 - M.L. King Elementary School, 4201 -A Indiana (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.)
(Carver, Central HS, Central Middle, Delano, Faxon Montessori, Franklin, King, Ladd, Melcher, Moore, Richardson, Weeks)

· Thursday, Feb. 18 - Paseo Academy, 4747 Flora (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.)
(ACE, Ace 6th Grade, ACE Lower, Banneker, Holliday, KCMSA, Knotts, Paige, Paseo, Pinkerton, Troost)

· Friday, Feb. 19 - Foreign Language Academy, 3450 Warwick (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.)
(Attucks, Border Star, Douglas, Foreign Language Academy, Garcia, Hartman, Lincoln College Prep, Lincoln Middle, Longan, Longfellow, Manual, Phillips, Southwest, Swinney, Westport, Westport Middle, Wheatley)

For more information about the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD), call Public Relations at (816) 418-7420 or visit www.kcmsd.net.