Lee's Summit Town Hall

Monday NewsLink: LSN science teacher nabs state-wide honors, LSR7 district settles discrimination suit; students gearing up for return to in-person learning; get ready for your vaccine

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 1, 2021. This week’s headlines come from Lee’s Summit North High School, the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District and the Jackson County Health Department.

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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.

Story time with Santa!

The big man himself joined hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury for a live stream conversation on Thursday, Dec. 17. During the event, Santa read some of his favorite holiday stories and took questions from those watching the stream.

In previous years, Link 2 Lee's Summit and the Lee's Summit Town Hall podcast has partnered with Budget Blinds of Lee's Summit to host Story Time with Santa as an in-person event. As with most other events, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a transition to virtual. During the event, online donations were accepted in support of Lee's Summit Social Services.

Holiday display winners; a couple of notes and some retrospection

Nick and Jason get their judgement on with a local holiday lights contest, take a look at a couple of news items from both City Hall and the Lee's Summit R-7 School District and then take a look back at the news and conversations of 2020. Surprisingly, it wasn't all COVID all the time.

Monday NewsLink: 1M meals and counting for LSR7; a new playground; school awards and more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of December 14, 2020. The Lee's Summit R-7 School District has delivered more than 1 million meals this year; a new playground opens at Lowenstein Park; the Summit Christian Academy debate team cracks the 100 list; LSR7 awards its Learning for Life award; and Santa is coming!