What's Working: KCMO Partnership
City streets outside of schools can be busy, unwelcoming and even dangerous places. Twenty-fourth & Agnes outside of Wheatley preK-7 was no exception. Parents and family jockeyed for places to pause their vehicles near the door long enough for ornery 4-year olds and rambunctious pre-teens to slide in. Recently, too many cars have simply parked, unmoving, in front of the door to the school blocking the way of vehicles coming to pick up scholars and forcing our scholars instead to venture into the street in search of their transportation. After a few days of this scenario, Wheatley parents and faculty decide they've had enough.
When City Councilmembers Melba Curls (3rd District At-Large Representative) & Russ Johnson (Infrastructure & Transportation Committee Chair) get the first message about the situation outside Wheatley, they immediately contact the appropriate city staff. Within a few hours -- at the beginning of this week -- Wheatley School Advisory Committee members have the information they need. By the end of the week, city staff have placed "15 Minute Loading Zone" signs all along the Wheatley side of Agnes without charging any cost to the school or parents.
This is the kind of responsive partnership -- between KCMSD and KCMO -- that makes any resident proud. When combined with the many other ways that KCMO supports KCMSD (PIAC funds helping to purchase playground equipment, laying/replacing sidewalk adjacent to school buildings, passing a Resolution of support for BE 1! thanks to Councilwomen Circo & Curls and more) this is also the kind of partnership that is working to make this community a better place for our scholars.
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