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What’s $67 Million Dollars Among Friends?

By David Stokes on Apr 24, 2008

The Kansas City School District has lowered its demand for compensation from the Independence School District from $157 million to about $90 million, for the facilities being transferred as part of a boundary shuffle. The reason for the lowered demand? Kansas City School District officials realized they counted the lost tax revenue totals twice in their computation. All you need to know about why parents fought so long and hard to switch from Kansas City public schools to the Independence School District is right there.

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