Shawnee Mission News

For the first time anyone can remember, almost half of Johnson County residences will see a lower property tax bill than last year.

Hiring freezes and increased class sizes in area school districts could be the result of the latest round of budget reductions announced by Gov.

A day after Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson announced the latest round of budget cuts, including $36 million for this school year, KCTV5 has dug into the numbers to see what it means for area students.

Much like the role the conservative David Brooks plays at The New York Times , Thomas Frank provides Wall Street Journal readers with a liberal perspective.

Retired Air Force Col. Clarence Taylor said he is doing what he can to give educators the recognition they deserve.

When Lois Rooney of Prairie Village learned she had lung cancer, she was very scared of the disease.

A Spanish teacher at Shawnee Mission West High was named 2010 Kansas Teacher of the Year during a ceremony Saturday in Wichita.Karen Tritt was one of eight finalists for the award.

Being named a finalist for one of the top awards in the country is great. Winning it is even better.

Shawnee Mission Schools have one of the toughest conduct policies for extra curricular activities.

Ruth Bell , Prairie Village, dedicated many years of her life to school libraries in Johnson County.

The Shawnee Mission School District superintendent told parents tonight that it was time to put the controversial firing of teacher behind them and move forward.We recognize people are angry and upset, said Gene Johnson during a meeting at Mission Valley Middle School in Prairie Village.

Police in Johnson County are on the lookout for a man who enticed a teen girl into his car as she was walking to school.

Mission police said a 14-year-old beat the odds earlier this week when she made it out of stranger's care untouched.

An eighth-grade teacher said he is upset about being fired, but encouraged by the outpouring of support from students he taught.

" Students in Prairie Village say they won't give up the fight to have a popular teacher reinstated.

Eighth-grade students at Mission Valley Middle School in Prairie Village boycotted classes today and formed a picket line outside the school to protest the firing of a beloved teacher.Ryan Haraughty, a science teacher, said he was fired Monday by the Shawnee Mission Board of Education for a sexual innuendo uttered during a class.Haraughty had drawn ...

Despite hundreds of people gathering at a Shawnee Mission School Board meeting Monday, a popular teacher's firing was upheld.

Students, parents and faculty rallied for a metro teacher to keep his job. It was standing room only at Monday's Shawnee Mission School Board meeting.

Johnson County Community College officials want to put the icing on the cake in the schoola s culinary arts program, where students can learn to be chefs.

Longtime Johnson Countian and political activist Larry Winn III , Overland Park, has announced he will seek the 4th District County Commission seat being vacated by Ed Eilert .