Kansas City Public Schools - Annexations

Annexations

The district began in 1867.
In April 1885 the KC district annexed portions of District #1 and the Oakley district.
In April 1886 the KC district absorbed portions of the Ashland and Westport districts.
In April 1887 the KC district absorbed another portion of the Oakley district.
On February 16, 1899 the KC district annexed the entire Westport District.
On April 16, 1903 the district absorbed the Ivanhoe District.
On September 6, 1906 KCMSD absorbed a portion of the Swope district.
KCMSD absorbed separate portions of the Seven Oaks district on October 18, 1906, September 3, 1908, February 4, 1909, and September 16, 1910, with the Seven Oaks district continuing to exist.
On April 4, 1910 KCMSD absorbed a portion of the Mount Washington district.
On May 18 of that year KCMSD annexed the remaining portion of the Swope District.
On August 28, 1911 KCMSD took all of District No. 101.
On September 7 of that year the Kansas City district absorbed all of the Border Star District.
On September 21 of that year the Kansas City district absorbed another portion of the Seven Oaks district.
On November 2 and November 16 of that year KCMSD absorbed all of the Bristol district and all of the Mount Washington district, respectively.
On March 21, 1912 the KC district absorbed part of the Boone district.
On August 27 of that year the KC district absorbed the Shiloh district.
On February 13, 1913 the KC district took the remaining portion of the Seven Oaks district.
On September 2 of that year KCMSD took a portion of the Center district.
On December 11, 1916 KCMSD took all of the Leeds district.
On August 7, 1947 the Ruhl–Hartman District became a part of the KCMSD.
On January 17, 1952 KCMSD took a portion of the Center district.
On May 11, 1955 the Sugar Creek District became a part of the KCMSD.
The Rock Creek district joined KCMSD on February 7, 1957.
On March 27, 1958 the Pitcher–Fairview District became a part of the KCMSD.
KCMSD absorbed the Pleasant Valley district on January 1, 1973.

In the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s KCMSD closed at least 30 buildings. The district sold some buildings, demolished some buildings, and abandoned other buildings. In 2010 John Covington, the superintendent of the district at the time, submitted a plan calling for the closure of 29 of the district's remaining 61 schools. During that year almost half of the KCMO schools closed. By that year many students, instead of attending district schools, attend charter schools, private schools, parochial schools, and schools in suburban school districts. As of 2010 the school district had less than 18,000, half of its enrollment in 2000 and 25% of its peak population in the 1960s. On September 20, 2011, The Missouri Board of Education voted unanimously to take the district's accreditation status away effective January 1st, 2012.