Communications Office

Our district consists of 47 schools including three preschools, 30 elementary schools (grades K-5), eight middle schools (grades 6-8), four senior high schools (grades 9-12), Sumner Academy of Arts and Science (grades 8-12), and an alternative school. At last count we had 19,864 students.

We have approximately 3,300 employees with about 1,450 of them teachers.

Mr. David A. Smith, Assistant to the Superintendent for Communications, would be happy to hear from you if you have any questions/comments. He may be reached by e-mail (dasmith@kckps.org) or phone (913) 279-2242.

Spring Break Office Hours

During Spring Break, March 15 - 22, office hours for the Education Center and Central Office are 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday. Schools are out for the week. Schools resume and offices return to the normal 7:30am to 4:30pm schedules on Monday, March 22.

Communications Team Receives Three Awards

Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) and Kansas School Public Relations Association (KanSPRA) have awarded three Certificates of Merit to members of the communications team.

Tammy Dodderidge, communications specialist, received two awards ...

Certificate of Merit for Staff Notebook .pdf
Certificate of Merit for Reasons to Believe Calendar .pdf

Teresa Boose, web manager, received an award for the district web site ...

Certificate of Merit for Web site .pdf

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Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) students can now record the books they read online all year long. Click the logo above to go to the form.

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District Computer Backgrounds / Screen Savers

The district web manager has created and posted some pictures that can be used as computer backgrounds and/or screen savers. You may download them from http://www.kckps.org/communications/backgrounds/

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