KCPS, community coalition in early talks to open middle school at Southwest High School

Kansas City Public Schools confirmed it is in early talks with a community coalition called Uniting at Southwest to open a middle school at the shuttered Southwest High School in Brookside. The confirmation comes just a week after the KCPS School Board passed a new framework for collaborating with groups like this one. KCPS emphasized the discussions are preliminary and not exclusive at this time, but a spokeswoman for Uniting at Southwest said members are pleased with the line of communication now open.