Annexation Boundary Line Debate
In November 2007, the voters of Independence, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri, voted for seven schools, consisting of one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools, to be taken over by the Independence School District. This is perceived as another major setback for the Kansas City, Missouri School District and a huge undertaking with a great boon for Western Independence. Jim Hinson, the superintendent of the Independence district, believed that the KCMO district fought the annexation was because it was a "pride issue" and because the KCMO district feared that other parts of the district could secede.
The transfer did not include the C. R. Anderson School, which was originally called the Pitcher School. KCMSD annexed the school in 1957. The school became an alternative school for troubled students in the 1980s. The school closed in 2000.
Transfer to Independence School District
- 1. Van Horn High School - (Independence)
- 2. Nowlin Middle School - (Independence)
- 3. Fairmount Elementary - (Independence)
- 4. Mount Washington Elementary - (Independence)
- 5. North Rock Creek/Korte Elementary - (Independence)
- 6. Sugar Creek Elementary - (Sugar Creek)
- 7. Three Trails Elementary - (Independence)
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