At What Point Will the Parents Unite?

As the community (parents & neighbors alike) continue to sojourn on this quest to educate the children of Kansas City, MO, we continue to encounter bureaucratic roadblocks that perpetuate the mis-education of our children. Our children are continuously denied to reap the benefits of what every child in our district is entitled to, a world-class education. It is the vision (see the full vision below) of the school district to ensure our children receive the opportunities to pursue higher education, obtain decent employment to sustain their own families and become active citizens - the pursuit of happiness. Yet, how can they receive this when even the most minute opportunities they work so hard for are pulled off from under them? How can we ask them to hope for this happiness if we continue to stay divided? Parents, community and district staff alike are unable to peaceably join forces on strategies to enable them to become world-class global learners. We are continuously divided by policies, regulations, changes, neighborhoods and to put it simply personal agendas that our children cannot reap these benefits. 


Everyday parents grow weary from having to fight small battles such as discontinued programs, power-tripping principals, micro-managing administrators and uncommunicative staff. The parents are sick of it! We want to believe in KCMSD, yet these stumbling blocks continue to knock the wind out of them. Time and time again parents have expressed all they want is that their children go to school and learn in a safe and healthy environment. They want to be involved in their child's education. They want to ensure their children go out into the world prepared for what life will throw at them. We as a community want our children to succeed and to produce successful children. It is appearant parents and community no longer believe in KCMSD and the City of Kansas City, MO because they leave. When customers or stakeholders are dissatisfied with the level service, they either remove the barriers or change providers. Look at our failing corporations across the United States...their customers left.


The children of Kansas City are still crying...so the bigger question is, at what point will parents unite? 


When  the parents of Southwest, Paseo, Brookside, Hyde Park, Northeast, the Urban Core, Eastern KC, West Bluff and thE South end all come together and support one common vision: educated and successful children; then and only then is when the REAL CHANGE in our district will occur. THE PARENTS & COMMUNITY ULTIMATELY HAVE THE POWER! YOU ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS! When we begin to reach out to one another, unite and demand better service, then the small battles will come far and few in between. 

Vision of the District

The Kansas City, Missouri School District envisions its schools as places where every student will develop deep understanding of the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue higher education, obtain family-supporting employment, contribute to the civic well-being of the community, and have the opportunity for a rewarding and fulfilling life. (http://www2.kcmsd.net/Pages/AboutKCMSD.aspx)