The St. Joseph School District announced several changes in leadership for the 2018‐19 school year.

Mindi Richardson will join Mark Twain as principal. Richardson is currently the assistant principal at Oak Grove Elementary School. She brings 16 years of experience in education to her new role.
Before joining the St. Joseph School District in 2017, Richardson held teaching positions at Savannah R‐3 and Maysville R‐1.
Richardson has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Missouri Western State University and a master’s degree in administration from William Woods University. She replaces Dr. Suzanne Tiemann, who recently announced her resignation.

 

Chris Lake will fill the assistant principal position vacated by Richardson at Oak Grove.
Lake began his career in education as a 6th grade teacher for the SJSD in 2011. He taught in the Early Childhood Services Department for five years before moving to Hosea Elementary School as a Response to Intervention (RTI) math specialist. Currently, he works as an assessment advisor in the district’s Office of School Improvement.
Lake has a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University in elementary education.
He is currently working on his master’s degree in educational leadership from Western Governors University.

 

Mary Fleming has been named as the Early Childhood Services coordinator for the SJSD. She will replace Tammy Flowers who recently accepted a position with Springfield Public Schools.
Fleming has extensive experience with early childhood education in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Prior to joining the St. Joseph School District, she served as an early childhood teacher and special education teacher in the Lee’s Summit R‐7 School District.
Additionally, she has taught kindergarten and facilitated home visits through the Parents as Teachers program.

Fleming received her education specialist degree in elementary educational administration and her master’s in curriculum and instruction from the University of Missouri‐Kansas City. She earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Rockhurst University.

The Board of Education approved all three hires during executive session at Monday’s meeting.

 

– St. Joseph School District Press Release –

A domestic disturbance led to a shooting Monday night in St. Joseph.

According to the St. Joseph Police Department, dispatchers received a call around 10:30 p.m. Monday about a domestic disturbance in the 900 block of W. Valley St. A man in his mid-50s shot his wife, who was transported to Mosaic Life Care with an apparent gunshot wound. The woman, who is in her late 40s, suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

The man was taken into custody and is being held on investigative charges.

 

PARKVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Kansas City man opened fire during a weekend family gathering, killing his newlywed mother, her husband and the gunman’s ex-wife, before turning the gun on himself.

Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen has identified the man who opened fire Sunday at the home in Parkville, Missouri, as 50-year-old Douglas Pauling.

Pauling’s 14-year-old daughter escaped the shooting unhurt and called 911.

Killed in the shooting was: Pauling’s mother, 73-year-old Sharmalee Pauling; her new husband, 66-year-old Carl Deruyscher; and the teen’s mother, 49-year-old Margaret “Maggie” Girard.

Pauling and Deruyscher’s page on the wedding planning website The Knot says they married last month in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Parkville lies about 10 (16 kilometers) miles northwest of Kansas City.

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Authorities say one of four adults found dead in a suburban Kansas City home killed the other three victims before killing himself.

Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen identified the shooter in Sunday’s deaths outside Parkville as 50-year-old Douglas Pauling. Owen said investigators believe he killed his mother, 73-year-old Sharmalee Pauling; her husband, 66-year-old Carl Deruyscher; and 49-year-old Margaret Girard.

The Kansas City Star reports a 14-year-old girl escaped the shooting and called police. She was the daughter of Douglas Pauling and Girard.

Owen has not released any information on a possible motive for the shootings.

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PARKVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say two men and two women have been fatally shot in a suburban Kansas City home.

The Platte County Sheriff’s Department says the bodies were found late Sunday night at the home in Parkville.

Sheriff Mark Owen says the department is “not actively looking for a shooter.”

Investigators say the victims were related but haven’t specified how. A teenager who survived the shooting unharmed is being questioned by detectives.

KC Star takes a deep dive behind the scenes of Eric Greitens’ resignation, including a timeline of events.

“It was a surreal moment,” said Rep. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, a member of the investigative committee. “There were no cheers, no celebrating. … No one saw it coming.”

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“I know there were people in our caucus who were beginning to waiver,” said Rep. Jean Evans, R-St. Louis County. “And there was concern that the longer it dragged out, the more divided the caucus might become.”

On the day Greitens resigned, St. Joe’s State Senator tweeted:

He came to power hiding secret money, he left power to keep that money hidden. #moleg

— Rob Schaaf (@robschaaf) May 29, 2018

New Missouri Governor Mike Parson will address the Missouri General Assembly tonight at 5. Here’s the link to the live stream.

 

Net Neutrality rules no longer exist as of today.

The Verge reports on how the end of Net Neutrality will affect your experience on the net.

KCUR reports on how Net Neutrality affects rural internet users in Kansas.

“I’m … using the Wi-Fi,” Leal says with a laugh.
Her home internet was so slow, she came to the library parking lot. Cars often idle there in the evening while their drivers tap into a plodding, but treasured, link to the internet.

 

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