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Parents and community urge board to preserve New Stanley as boundary recommendation moves forward
Summary
RSP presented a boundary committee recommendation to consolidate multiple elementary boundaries into a new school and realign middle/high feeders; hundreds of attendees urged the board not to close New Stanley or to preserve its dual-language program, citing community ties and special‑education concerns.
Kansas City, Kansas — At its Nov. 11 meeting, the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education heard an RSP consulting team present a committee‑recommended boundary map that would combine Silver City, Noble Prentiss and New Stanley into a new elementary school and adjust middle‑ and high‑school feeders to rebalance enrollment.
The proposal, which the consultants said is designed to align with bond-funded new school openings and to shrink Wyandotte High School’s projected enrollment from roughly 1,900 toward about 1,550 students, would be implemented to coincide with new‑school construction (targeting the 2027–28 school year, with some items possibly delayed to 2028–29 depending on construction schedules).
Why it matters: RSP estimated the plan would affect about 1,225 students and said the map meets the committee’s criteria for feeder alignment, projected enrollment balance and facility planning. But the plan prompted immediate and sustained public opposition from…
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