Communications Office

Our district consists of 49 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), two alternative schools, and an area technical school. At last count we had 19,561 students.

We have approximately 3,415 employees with about 1,669 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.

Regular Office Hours

Regular office hours for the Education Center and Central Office are 7:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. School schedules are posted at http://www.kckps.org/schools/schedule.php.

Holiday Cards:

This year we are recycling cards from the past three years and including an insert listing a few of the district's achievements in 2009. Click here to go to the Holiday Cards web page.

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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