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KCK school district opens third new school this month

By Madison Parry

Despite in-person learning challenges brought on by COVID-19 this year, the last of three new schools belonging to Kansas City Kansas Public Schools opened this week as part of the district’s $235 million bond referendum approved in 2016.

As part of a multi-million-dollar bond referendum approved by Kansas City, Kan. residents in 2016, Carl B. Bruce Middle School opened this week with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 29.

The new middle school joins two other new schools in the district that open earlier in the month, Lowell L. Brune Elementary School and West Park Elementary School.

Now at the end of October, all three schools are open for the 2020-2021 school year. Each is part of the $235 million bond referendum.

Carl B. Bruce Middle School is the last of the three to open and is located at 2100 N. 18th St. in Kansas City, Kan.

Estimated to have cost around $30 million, the middle school is said to hold around 900 students.

 

**Note: Edited to reflect update in events