42 percent of R-7 graduates that attend local community colleges must take remedial mathematics and English
It's news to me Political sound bites John Beaudoin, Journal Publisher John Beaudoin is publisher of the Lee's Summit Journal. Tuesday night’s R-7 school board forum had a lot of reoccurring themes. The levy failed so let’s get over it. That was a big one. Another centered on current board member and candidate Jon Plaas being right. I lost track of how many times fellow board member Jack Wiley and hopefuls Chris Storms and Mike Smith commented about Plaas making a great point, agreeing with one of his statements or just flat out “being right.” Perhaps they were just being polite. But if they really think that, maybe Jon will be one of the three candidates they vote for on April 5. No one can argue that Plaas had a steady performance at the forum, reiterating his stance that the levy going to the voters wasn’t wrong, it was the amount and the fact that so much of it was going to “bail out” the teacher’s retirement fund. “Once you raise the property tax,” Pla...