Lee's Summit R-7 School District

User Actions    Follow Angela Greben ‏ @ AngelaGreben . @MOAFAA Wow @DrDavidMcGehee 's office responded that they don't block. Let me know if u r still blocked #OpenGov S herri Tucker  ‏ @ MOAFAA     6 Apr 2015 This is the message I get when I try to follow my Superintendent's Twitter Account You are blocked from following @DrDavidMcGehee David McGehee  ‏ @ DrDavidMcGehee     4h 4 hours ago David McGehee Retweeted Sherri Tucker Sherri I resolved this months ago. I will look at it again as soon as I get a chance. Sherri Tucker ‏ @ MOAFAA @DrDavidMcGehee I checked this on January 21st and I was still blocked. I checked today and saw that I had been unblocked. David McGehee  ‏ @ DrDavidMcGehee     3h 3 hours ago David McGehee Retweeted Sherri Tucker Glad you have access. I checked it back then and found you blocked. Honestly I didn't block you. Unblocked it then.

In Lee’s Summit school district feud, board member and superintendent trade calls to resign | The Kansas City Star A feud in the Lee’s Summit School District boiled over into public view this week after a school board member called for the resignation of the district’s top official, David McGehee, the highest paid superintendent in Missouri. In an unusual move, McGehee responded by sharply criticizing the board member, Bill Baird, and called on him to resign instead. Baird said Wednesday that the superintendent’s demand was “desperate and defiant.” School board members, elected by the voters, hire and fire superintendents and set the policies they carry out. Superintendents rarely attack board members publicly or call for their resignations. The back and forth was touched off Monday when Baird, in a letter provided to The Star, accused McGehee and board leaders of using closed meetings to discuss contracts that should have been approved in public view. Baird wrote he has been compla...

the extraordinary burden of IEPs on moms

parenting a child with disabilities~a battle on every front leads to battle fatigue

Faces of Autism: Inclusive Education: Right For Some Inclusive Education: Right For Some  by Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.  Is there the parent of an autistic child who wouldn't be delighted beyond words if the child would simply blend smoothly into a regular classroom? That is a dream we all share. For a few, the dream becomes a reality. Over the years I have heard from a number of parents who have shared with us their joy, their pride and their good fortune: "Billy has been included in a regular classroom! He is having a hard time adjusting, but he is making it!" But, for every parent whose child "makes it," there are many more who are not so fortunate.  Much as my wife and I would like to have our autistic son Mark be able to cope successfully in a normal school, it is very clear to us that he could not have done so. He has come along much farther than we ever dared hope, and we are quite confident it is because he was always in special classes, taught by ex...

Faces of Autism: Sparks Fly At Lee's Summit School Board Candidates Forums Sparks fly at Lee's Summit candidates forums R-7 board challenger, incumbents clash By Brett Dalton The Journal Staff Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:04 PM CDT At this week's two candidate forums, Sherri Tucker wasted no time explaining why she's running for one of the three at-large R-7 Board of Education seats. "I have no reason to run for the school board other than my commitment to children with disabilities," said Tucker, who has a 14-year-old son with autism. As the only challenger to the three incumbents- Jon Plaas, Jeff Tindle and Jack Wiley - running for re-election Tucker spent much of her speaking time at two forums hosted by the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday and Wednesday criticizing the R-7 School District for what she believes is a lack of services and support for students with special needs. "I'm running for school board because I believe that there is a se...

Lee’s Summit’s superintendent is Missouri’s highest paid at $397,000 a year | The Kansas City Star Your hard earned money at work.  I don't think that you are getting your money's worth. A new report on how public school district superintendents were paid last year in Missouri shows the leader of Lee’s Summit’s schools topping the list, getting nearly $95,000 more than the second highest paid. The report by the Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri says that in 2015, Missouri school districts spent an estimated total of more than $60 million in salaries, pension payments and other benefits to public school district superintendents. Lee’s Summit superintendent David McGehee got a compensation package, including annuity and allowed expenses, that totaled an estimated $397,000, nearly as much as the president of the United States’ $400,000 annual salary. Lee’s Summit school board officials said Thursday that the compensation listed for McGehee, who was hired in 2006 after ...