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Wow, was reading through this with a relatively detached interest and had to reread a few times to overcome the whiplash of you naming the city in which I atten

by skavi 1y ago

Wow, was reading through this with a relatively detached interest and had to reread a few times to overcome the whiplash of you naming the city in which I attended elementary, middle, and high school. If it’s any consolation, the modern Blue Valley school district is still considered excellent [0]. And there are still a few interesting ideas being pursued. The CAPS center [1] had some cool things going on when I graduated in 2018. [0]: https://www.bluevalleyk12.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=38435&ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=59104&PageID=34288 https://www.bluevalleyk12.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&M... [1]: https://bvcaps.yourcapsnetwork.org/ https://bvcaps.yourcapsnetwork.org/

JKCalhoun 1y ago
Ha ha, which schools? I can list Pawnee, Apache, Comanche, Somerset, Meadowbrook and Shawnee Mission East (although the latter ones were in Prairie Village, KS). Yeah, we moved around the 'burbs a bit. Also: another experimental "Free" school in the 1970's for one year was P.A.C.E.R.S. in KCMO, and then a partial year at a Catholic School in KCMO: Saint Francis Xavier, ha ha.
- skavi 1y ago
  Sunrise Point Elementary, Prairie Star Middle, and Blue Valley High. IIRC, SPE is a bit newer. But Blue Valley High has probably been there since the start of the district. btw: just noticed you’re the person who wrote that color picker post. that was a fun read.
- skavi 1y ago
  Would you mind naming which school replaced the experimental school you described in your original post? Or the name of the experimental school itself?
  - JKCalhoun 1y ago
    Comanche Elementary was the experimental school. It is still there, but is not the same round building that I remember. I did find a number of articles about it at Newspapers.com. Around 1971 and 1972 there were a few good articles about the architecture and "Open Classrooms", "Team Teaching", etc. (Kansas City Star, of course.)

by skavi 1y ago

JKCalhoun 1y ago

Ha ha, which schools? I can list Pawnee, Apache, Comanche, Somerset, Meadowbrook and Shawnee Mission East (although the latter ones were in Prairie Village, KS). Yeah, we moved around the 'burbs a bit. Also: another experimental "Free" school in the 1970's for one year was P.A.C.E.R.S. in KCMO, and then a partial year at a Catholic School in KCMO: Saint Francis Xavier, ha ha.

skavi 1y ago
Sunrise Point Elementary, Prairie Star Middle, and Blue Valley High. IIRC, SPE is a bit newer. But Blue Valley High has probably been there since the start of the district. btw: just noticed you’re the person who wrote that color picker post. that was a fun read.
skavi 1y ago
Would you mind naming which school replaced the experimental school you described in your original post? Or the name of the experimental school itself?
- JKCalhoun 1y ago
  Comanche Elementary was the experimental school. It is still there, but is not the same round building that I remember. I did find a number of articles about it at Newspapers.com. Around 1971 and 1972 there were a few good articles about the architecture and "Open Classrooms", "Team Teaching", etc. (Kansas City Star, of course.)