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Shawnee Mission superintendent highlights new Tomahawk school, enrollment and restored federal funding
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Schumacher reported the district opened the school year with staggered start dates, celebrated the rebuilt Tomahawk Elementary financed by a 2021 $264 million bond, noted pre-K and kindergarten enrollment availability and said nearly $1 million in federal funding that had been frozen was unfrozen.
Dr. Schumacher, superintendent of the Shawnee Mission School District, told the board at its workshop Monday that the district welcomed students this week in staggered start dates and opened the newly rebuilt Tomahawk Elementary School, the fifth and final elementary rebuild financed by a $264,000,000 bond voters approved in 2021.
The superintendent said, “We are all so happy to have students back to school this week,” and described Tomahawk as having “flexible and open classrooms” and outdoor learning spaces. He said the district’s Jump Start to Learning kindergarten program is…
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