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OCR Case Against Lee's Summit R7

Cases.pdf Please read pages 1-8

Lee’s Summit School District Payroll Salary and Benefit Listings for Stansberry Leadership Center Staff - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News

Lee’s Summit School District Payroll Salary and Benefit Listings for Stansberry Leadership Center Staff - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News Taxpayers wake up! The Central Office of LSR7 salaries are listed below at over $6,000,000. 18 people in Central Office making over $100K. This doesn't include any benefits or their perks (cell phones, car allowance, annuities, association memberships). All of these employees/salaries are hired and approved by the Board of Education (BOE). Superintendent's Top 9 (the ones that have big pictures on the school website): Blevins: $197,988 J. Miller: $178,914 Daniel: $176,067 Hendrick: $170,831 Collier: $161,857 Andrews: $168,831 Phelan: $126,117 Gates: $150,928 E. Miller: $159,857 Ask the BOE how & why this happened when Teachers are ranked #39 in the state and #49 if they have a Master's degree! Ask them how & why this happened when multiple programs for the kids were CUT the past 6 years! Ask them to start being

Missouri public school students to get dyslexia screenings | The Charlotte Observer

Missouri public school students to get dyslexia screenings | The Charlotte Observer JEFFERSON CITY, MO.  Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill that requires every student in Missouri public schools to be screened for dyslexia. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/292f23q ) reports that Nixon signed the bill last week. Screenings for the learning disorder, which is characterized by difficulty reading, are to start in the 2018-19 school year. The screenings are meant to be informal and brief. The bill also says teachers must receive two hours of training on methods to address dyslexia. A 20-member task force will recommend how classroom accommodations should be delivered. Kim Stuckey, a dyslexia specialist for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, says that school officials are going to create better awareness about dyslexia. In Missouri, parents in the advocacy group Decoding Dyslexia have pushed the Legislature for change to raise the status of dyslexia as

Holster your pitchforks, McGehee is gone | Opinion | Lee's Summit Journal

Holster your pitchforks, McGehee is gone | Opinion | Lee's Summit Journal It is time that the voters start researching the candidates that run for school board.  I ran twice.  I was bullied by one candidate.  It happened right after a debate and everyone in the audience saw it.  One person even stopped me on the way out and questioned me about why he attacked me.   I was called crazy and was treated as a stupid housewife that did not have the ability to handle the business of a school district.  I was told that I belonged at the podium and not on the board.  I was told this in public.  In front of the few voters that showed up to the debate.  We have finally gotten the voters to see what really goes on in this district.  They have only seen the tip of the iceberg.  Teachers have been fired for trying to help students.  Teachers have bullied students.  Three children with autism had to be removed from PE in one middle school.  Yes, the Superintendent knew it because I told him

Missouri's highest paid superintendent stepping down - + KSHB.com

Missouri's highest paid superintendent stepping down - + KSHB.com

Lee's Summit patrons frustrated by slow pace of superintendent case | Local News - KMBC Home

Lee's Summit patrons frustrated by slow pace of superintendent case | Local News - KMBC Home

Kansas City-area superintendent, Missouri's highest paid, stepping down from post | CJOnline.com

Kansas City-area superintendent, Missouri's highest paid, stepping down from post | CJOnline.com

Lee's Summit Voters Remember To Vote In April

Please don't forget the actions of these two individuals in April, 2017.  They are up for reelection.  Let's vote them out.  Don't allow them to waste any more of your hard earned money or to be a part of any more bad deals and cover ups.  Enough is enough.  It is time for Terri Harmon and Chris Storms to go.

Dear LSR-7 Board Members: June 18, 2016 - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News

Dear LSR-7 Board Members: June 18, 2016 - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News Below is a list of cuts in the LSR-7 district over the last 6 years. The very years you have continued to increase the salary of our superintendent. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE

David McGehee to resign as Lee's Summit superintendent | Local News - KMBC Home

David McGehee to resign as Lee's Summit superintendent | Local News - KMBC Home McGehee, who had been suspended with pay while board members looked into issues surrounding his performance, salary and potential conflicts of interest, reached a deal with the board. McGehee will receive two payments totaling $450,000 under the terms of the deal. His most recent contract would have paid him more than $1.1 million over the next three years.

Former St. Joseph School Superintendent To Spend A Year In Federal Prison | KCUR

Former St. Joseph School Superintendent To Spend A Year In Federal Prison | KCUR This is part of the article. How much different is this than what is happening in Lee's Summit. Colgan will also have to repay $660,000 in a lump sum to the Missouri Public School Retirement System (PSRS). Colgan improperly padded the last three years of his salary using stipends, car allowances and other means. The school board knew about some of the payments but often they did not. Because all of that information was transmitted to PSRS via the web, it crossed state lines as it hit various servers. It became a federal crime as soon as the data left Missouri. The government said Colgan's scheme to inflate his salary and thus his pension started in 1997 and ended with his final contract in 2004

Lee’s Summit Board of Education Held Closed Session at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, June 6th with Legal and Employment Items on the Agenda - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News

Lee’s Summit Board of Education Held Closed Session at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, June 6th with Legal and Employment Items on the Agenda - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News Read the whole article at the link.  This is part of that article.  There is some very interesting information in that article.  McGehee began working in the Sparta School District in southwest Missouri, near Springfield, as a high school principal and athletic director in 1995. He was promoted to the Superintendent of Schools in 1998. His salaries for the three years he worked as Superintendent of Schools in Sparta from 1998 through 2001 were $56,500, $60,000 and $70,000. Following three years as Superintendent in Sparta, McGehee worked for five years as Superintendent of Schools for the Raymore-Peculiar School District. His annual salaries between 2001 and 2006 were $90,000, $103,500, $118,400, $125,500 and $140,000. McGehee accepted his current position as the Superintendent of Schools for the LSR7 S

Status unchanged for R-7 superintendent | Education | Lee's Summit Journal

Status unchanged for R-7 superintendent | Education | Lee's Summit Journal The status of the future of Lee’s Summit R-7 School District Superintendent David McGehee remained unchanged after a closed school board meeting.

School Board to Hold Closed Session - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News

School Board to Hold Closed Session - Lee's Summit Tribune - Lee's Summit News