From offering reduced scheduling to underclassmen to new career pathways, many things are changing in USD 497 high schools. Starting next year, civics will not be a required course for freshmen; it will...
In 2009, exams were administered across 28 Advanced Placement (AP) subjects in the Shawnee Mission School District, which has two schools on Newsweek’s list of the Best High Schools in America. Comparatively,...
![Civics teacher Laura Henderson gives a lecture to her Civics 9 class. "[Civics is] a mix of a bunch of different things and it's based out of the state government standards." Henderson said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PURCELL_Civics-9-900x600.jpg)
