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Liberty High School math educator receives teach of year honors
LIBERTY — Liberty High School math teacher Erin Ramsey received the title of District Teacher of the Year for the Liberty Public Schools District. Ramsey has been teaching for 18 years, with 15 of those at Liberty High School.
Hickman Mills students are growing academically, but leaders worry it won't lead to accreditation
Leaders in the Hickman Mills School District say the goalposts to reach full accreditation keep moving — and pushing the state's stamp of approval increasingly out of reach. The Hickman Mills Board of Education held an emergency meeting on a Sunday evening in April to discuss changes that the superintendent said could threaten the district’s decade-long struggle to regain full accreditation from the state of Missouri.
Fifth-grader raises $7,300 to pay off his entire school’s lunch debt
An 11-year-old fifth-grader has raised $7,300 to pay off his entire elementary school’s lunch debt, and now has his very own award named after him.Daken Kramer raised twice the amount of money needed for the lunch debt at Thomas Ultican Elementary School in Blue Springs, Missouri through an online fundraiser. Daken’s original goal was $3,500, a little more than the total outstanding, but in two years he more than doubled his goal.Daken said that he wanted to show “gratitude” to his school, and donated the leftover funds to Blue Springs High School for its own lunch money deficit.“Children in elementary...
Liberty School Board approves salary increases for support staff, teachers
LIBERTY — The Liberty School Board voted to increase salaries across the district for the coming school year for teachers and support staff. The total for all the increases will be an additional $5 million in expenses. The bulk of the increases will be a 3% increase for those...
Liberty Oaks Elementary paraprofessional district employee of year
LIBERTY — Mike Luck appreciates all the students at Liberty Oaks Elementary. He makes sure to generously give out high-fives and does his best to speak to all the kids. He wears positive message T-shirts and has a seemingly permanent smile on his face. He has been with the...
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Liberty North grad prepares for medical school
LIBERTY — In just a short year, Muhammad Ali Alrubaye has made an impact on the Liberty North High School community. Alrubaye will enter college a year early due to his many advanced placement classes. He is fluent in Spanish and gained his bi-literacy seal during high school. He...
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