Funkhouser that is. Mayor Mark Funkhouser called a meeting with all school superintendents who serve within the city limits of Kansas City. The meeting was yesterday morning at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Facility. It was an interesting meeting. Of course, any time I find myself in a room with the metropolitan superintendents I can't help but learn something new.
The Mayor has a vision of engaging the whole metro region to improve education for Kansas City children. The dialogue was enlightening. No one in the room could argue with the concept of improvement. However, much conversation focused on the "ills of society" and the challenge of educating children who are hungry, abused, neglected and poor.
Don't get me wrong, we have the same "ills" in our district. But I am grateful to work in a district where general speaking......children have their basic needs met. It was validating to see where we are compared to other districts in terms of students coming to school ready to learn.
That's all for now.
Educationally Yours,
Dr. Michael Reik
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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