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Shawnee Mission plans massive school bond

January 27, 2004 |

Faced with a double whammy of declining enrollment and declining finances, the beleagured Shawnee Mission School District makes an agressive to attempt to maintain the it’s high academic reputation with a $180 million bond proposal to replace and renovate dozens of buildings across the district. Shawnee Mission has traditionally been one of the metro area’s best school districts, but it now faces the same challenges as other older suburban school districts that are losing students newer, more distant suburbs.


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  1. Andie on January 29, 2004 7:51 am

    It’s kindof ironic that the Shawnee Mission district is declining just as the KCMO district has started to show some real improvement, especially since Shawnee Mission is now suffering from the same effects suburban sprawl that they benefitted from in the 60s and 70s.

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