JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. — Independence School District (ISD) voters will decide Tuesday whether they want their four-day school week to continue.
In 2024, Missouri state leaders passed a bill that said large school districts need to get voter approval before having four-day school weeks for the 2026-2027 school year.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said if he lived in the school district boundaries, he’d vote no, as some residents who live in the KCMO city limits actually live within the Independence School District boundary. However, less than 5% of the ISD students are in that situation…