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![Community Engagement Survey open throughout June]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748868874/usd259org/y6kwhbk307r4phjgziwk/CommunityEngagementSurvey-DistrictNews.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748868874/usd259org/y6kwhbk307r4phjgziwk/CommunityEngagementSurvey-DistrictNews.jpg","width":285}])
Wichita Public Schools is launching a Community Engagement Survey to gather input from families, staff, and the Wichita community.
![Summer Food Program 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747749203/usd259org/bopaauwn8ujkiu4ynoa3/SummerFoodProgram-DistrictNews.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747749203/usd259org/bopaauwn8ujkiu4ynoa3/SummerFoodProgram-DistrictNews.jpg","width":285}])
Free breakfast and lunch will be served at 34 sites throughout Wichita.
![Strategic Plan Interim Goal Update graphic]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750179226/usd259org/g2ukk8sunryebscvlvqg/StrategicPlanInterimGoalUpdategraphic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750179226/usd259org/g2ukk8sunryebscvlvqg/StrategicPlanInterimGoalUpdategraphic.jpg","width":285}])
The Board of Education heard an update about some of the interim goals that support the Student Success Outcomes of the Every Student Future Ready Strategic Plan.
![2025 Distinguished district by ISTE ASCD]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749478305/usd259org/u6hnqqk9mvk5jfvhzm5n/ITSEandASCDnewshighlight.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749478305/usd259org/u6hnqqk9mvk5jfvhzm5n/ITSEandASCDnewshighlight.jpg","width":285}])
The district has been named a 2025 Distinguished District for demonstrating effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.
![Contract agreements reached with UTW and SEIU with BOE]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713450065/usd259org/gm3rlqujhkl6sjwz7gpc/WPSlogo_stacked_color_thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713450065/usd259org/gm3rlqujhkl6sjwz7gpc/WPSlogo_stacked_color_thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713450065/usd259org/gm3rlqujhkl6sjwz7gpc/WPSlogo_stacked_color_thumbnail.jpg","width":600}])
Representatives from United Teachers of Wichita and Service Employees International Union (Local 513) for Classified and the Uniformed Security Officers and Security Dispatchers groups have reached contract agreements with the Wichita Board of Education for the 25-26 school year.
![Wells principal Zach Lorenson works with a student]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747144920/usd259org/axfwocacvdlsbhtserqm/Wellsprincipalandstudent.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747144920/usd259org/axfwocacvdlsbhtserqm/Wellsprincipalandstudent.jpg","width":285}])
Chester Lewis, Gordon Parks Academy, Education Imagine Academy and Wells Middle School are named Capturing Kids' Hearts National Showcase Schools.
![Erin Matlock with Teacher pathway students at South High]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746711479/usd259org/ibdl6chxeffo2lkphy8e/ErinMatlockwithTeacherpathwaystudents.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746711479/usd259org/ibdl6chxeffo2lkphy8e/ErinMatlockwithTeacherpathwaystudents.jpg","width":285}])
The program offers Wichita Public Schools graduates a seamless route to earn their teaching licensure.
On May 5, 2025, the Wichita Board of Education heard an update about the postsecondary assets interim goals that support the Every Student Future Ready Strategic Plan.
![McLean wins 2024 Challenge Awards]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746470384/usd259org/y5ubxbqu6jh7dmstyeti/McLeanwins2024ChallengeAward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746470384/usd259org/y5ubxbqu6jh7dmstyeti/McLeanwins2024ChallengeAward.jpg","width":285}])
Twelve WPS schools have been named Challenge Award winners by the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.
![McLean opens time capsule from 2000]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746112806/usd259org/wk88b97gafv69mqgyc9d/McLeanopenstimecapsule.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746112806/usd259org/wk88b97gafv69mqgyc9d/McLeanopenstimecapsule.jpg","width":285}])
Students, staff and families gathered to open a time capsule from the year 2000, twenty-five years after the capsule's contents were collected.
![Southeast High journalism students at national conference]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746199013/usd259org/ycnbnk5ltgzvjstmgn4j/EastHighDECAstudents2025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746199013/usd259org/ycnbnk5ltgzvjstmgn4j/EastHighDECAstudents2025.jpg","width":285}])
WPS high school students have attended regional and national conferences and competitions to develop skills learned in CTE pathways.
![2025 Excellence in Public Service winner Shanna Zimmerman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745269203/usd259org/w20l0usev1vueeapcuhh/2025ExcellenceInPublicServiceAwardShannaZimmerman.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1745269203/usd259org/w20l0usev1vueeapcuhh/2025ExcellenceInPublicServiceAwardShannaZimmerman.jpg","width":285}])
Shanna Zimmerman, a Marketing teacher at East High School, is the 2025 Excellence in Public Service Award winner for the Wichita Public Schools.
![Coleman hosts AVID mock job interviews]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744819142/usd259org/w8uuc1terqufflprdbxk/ColemanAVIDmockjobinterviews.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744819142/usd259org/w8uuc1terqufflprdbxk/ColemanAVIDmockjobinterviews.jpg","width":285}])
AVID students are learning to become future ready through job skills including interview techniques. It all came together on AVID Day when students participated in mock job interviews.
![Realidad U at North High]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744725731/usd259org/wt0ekak4eetms5hhnevp/RealidadUatNorthHigh.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744725731/usd259org/wt0ekak4eetms5hhnevp/RealidadUatNorthHigh.jpg","width":285}])
The Pando Initiative recently debuted a special version of Reality U, which provides students with financial literacy lessons in their native language.
![East High senior Angela Thompson working at College Hill Latchkey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744654015/usd259org/erjnxses9fcso5uud1c1/HighschoolseniorworksatLatchkey.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744654015/usd259org/erjnxses9fcso5uud1c1/HighschoolseniorworksatLatchkey.jpg","width":285}])
East High senior Angela Thompson, who is interested in a career in teaching, is getting hands-on experience working at the College Hill Latchkey program.