Lee's Summit Town Hall

Settling lawsuits, the next BOE election & a conversation with Truman Heartland’s Phil Hanson

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District has come to a settlement in a discrimination case stemming from 2018 and Jason and Nick are gearing up for candidate conversations as we look ahead to the April Board of Education election. And Phil Hanson, of the Truman Heartland Community Foundation joins the show to talk about the organizations work to support charitable causes in our community.

Monday NewsLink: Summit Art planning return to public displays; UCM-LS launches new course; LSN students nabs prestigious scholarship & more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 25, 2021. This week’s headlines feature news from Summit Art, the University of Central Missouri-Lee’s Summit Pleasant Lea Middle School and Lee’s Summit North High School.

Chatting with Dr. Buck about the return to in-person learning, bond issue projects and some new educational programs coming to the district

Nick and Jason take some time to catch up with Lee's Summit R-7 Superintendent Dr. David Buck. In addition to a conversation about the recent decision on learning modes, they talk about some current construction and development projects and some new educational programming beginning next fall.

Monday NewsLink: LSR7 preps for return to in-person learning; plus news from City Hall, LS EDC and UCM-Lee’s Summit

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 18, 2021. Each week, we take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings and events around Lee’s Summit. This week’s headlines come from the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, City of Lee’s Summit, Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council and the University of Central Missouri-Lee’s Summit.

An idea for next Christmas season and looking in on City Council and the LSR7 Board of Education

Man, the holiday break was just too long and Nick & Jason are ready to get back to conversations about our community and with people doing good work around town. In their first episode of the new year, Jason and Nick throw out an idea for the next holiday season before opening the window for looksy at City Council and the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education.

Monday NewsLink: BOE preps for decision on 7-12 learning mode; scholarship funds available; SCA department publishes webinar on international program; LSR7 resilience & more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 11, 2021. Each week, we take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings and events around Lee’s Summit. This week’s headlines come from the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, Truman Heartland Community Foundation, Summit Christian Academy and the City of Lee’s Summit City Council.