Following a week of sound and fury over an announcement to cut the gymnastics program, no one has signed up to address the USD 497 Board of Education at their meeting tonight according to executive...
The FireLions gymnastics team is in danger of being shut down, according to executive director of communications Julie Boyle. The proposal is in part to make up for the district’s $2 million budget...
School is cancelled Nov. 22 and 23. The USD 497 Board of Education voted 5-2 to extend Fall break at an emergency meeting held today.
Students and staff now have a full week off from...
On Nov. 2, voters went to the polls to choose their candidates in the USD 497 Board of Education election. Eleven candidates ran for three positions on the board, with Andrew Nussbuam,...
As students returned back to school, they were welcomed with a completely new schedule.
There are 20 mods in a day; each mod is either an A course or a B course. A courses meet four times a week in...
Prom is one of those memorable, once in a lifetime moments that seniors experience in high school. Due to COVID-19, prom was canceled last year. Student Council recently released news that this year, prom...
Isis Norris, Free Press Editor-in-Chief
• April 13, 2021
During a year filled with fallout from the pandemic and political uprisings, some Kansas legislators have focused their attention on other matters: transgender youth.
A History of anti-LGBTQ legislation
Kansas...
A bill that would prevent transgender students from participating in women's sports is currently being debated in the Kansas State Legislature.
The bill states that due to the biological advantage of...
In an email sent to district personnel on Feb. 24, Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced that all staff members will be required to return to the building by March 15.
If a staff member would like...
6-12 grade students will be able to return to full time in-person learning on March 29, according to plans announced by Superintendent Anthony Lewis.
The announcement came as the USD 497 Board of...
