Eastern Jackson County schools grapple with virus and vaccines
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net
The Examiner
Federal regulators extending vaccine availability to older teenagers comes at a time local health officials say they’re seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in young adults, and some schools have been dealing with small case clusters and have offered vaccine clinics for students as the school year winds down.
People age 16-19 have been eligible for the Pfizer vaccine for a couple of weeks – those age 16 and 17 need parental consent – and soon that vaccine could be available for children ages 12-15.
Fire damages Wendy s restaurant Tuesday night in Liberty
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and last updated 2021-04-20 23:27:49-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Fire heavily damaged a Wendy s restaurant Tuesday night in Liberty.
A picture posted on Twitter by the Liberty Police Department showed smoke pouring from the building at 3 Victory Drive.
Everyone got out OK, a city spokesperson said.
No word on what caused the fire.
Crews from Fort Osage, Kearney, Kansas City, Missouri, and Claycomo helped battle the blaze.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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3 Kansas City-area school districts vote to join Metropolitan Community College
Voters in 5 other districts reject attachment
Tyler Navas
and last updated 2021-04-07 16:23:50-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Voters in three suburban Kansas City, Missouri, school districts decided Tuesday to
Residents in the Liberty, Grain Valley and Oak Grove school districts will now be
eligible for in-district tuition rates of $107 per credit hour, which are nearly half of the out-of-district tuition rate.
âOur expectation was to get one big district and a couple of little ones,â MCC Chancellor Dr. Kimberly Beatty said. âWe obviously had hoped that we would get more of the districts coming in, and would have loved for that to happen, but this is a win. It totally meets my expectations. I woke up feeling great and went to bed and slept well last night.
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net
The Examiner
Voters in eight metro area school districts, including Grain Valley, will decide Tuesday if their districts will become part of the Metropolitan Community Colleges district, giving students from those districts access to nearly 50 percent lower tuition rates for MCC classes.
If approved, property owners would be assessed a 21-cent tax levy per $100 assessed value. For Grain Valley and Oak Grove voters in Jackson County, that equates to about $40 per year for the owner of a $100,000 home.
Voters in the Raymore-Peculiar, Harrisonville, Platte County, Smithville, Kearney and Liberty districts will also be voting on the question Tuesday. Each school district vote is separate from all others, and a simple majority is needed in any particular district to be attached to the MCC district.
KCPS teachers, staff, facility members launch vaccination process
More than 500 educators were vaccinated on Monday.
Jordan Betts
and last updated 2021-03-15 19:19:47-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas City Public Schools started to vaccinate teachers and staff with the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday thanks to the help from local hospitals.
Truman Medical Center/University Health and Children s Mercy Hospital are vaccinating local educators in several districts for the next six weeks with the Pfizer vaccine. We have all done the best we can giving everything, Desirea Faust, a speech and language employee at KCPS, said about getting her students back to in-person learning. I m excited to have them back in person.