Federal judge

Kansas City School District to close almost half of the district's schools in cost-cutting measure
By Braedan Ritter
March 11, 2010 - 6:21pm
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The superintendent of the Kansas City, Missouri school district is defending the decision to close many of the districts schools. John Covington said the district was operating too many schools, and closing schools was the right thing to do.

“Closing schools and making the remaining schools much stronger academically is unquestionably the right thing to do for kids,” Covington said.