Parents concerned about new Kansas City jail near schools

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Revolucion Educativa hosted a community forum on Thursday night in response to the Kansas City Council passing an ordinance that would put a new city jail around 3,000 feet from a school.

They plan to move the jail site from I-70 and U.S. Highway 40 to near Front Street and I-435 in the East Bottoms.

Frontier Innovation Elementary and Middle Schools, as well as Frontier STEM High School are on the other side of the highway from the new jail…

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