Hickman Mills C-1 School District calls special emergency board session Sunday [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A special emergency session board meeting has been called for Sunday night by the Hickman Mills C-1 School District.

The 8 p.m. meeting will discuss the State Board of Education’s proposed changes to the Missouri School Improvement Program 6 (MSIP 6).

Hickman Mills Superintendent Yaw Obeng “stands in firm opposition” to a couple of the proposed changes, according to a district news release.

First, Obeng explained his issue with the recommendation to use three years of data to identify a new composite score, meaning districts would be reclassified in 2025-2026 rather than in 2024.

Obeng believes the decision would allow “no provision for districts like HMC-1 that have demonstrated continuous improvement with no pathway to receive full accreditation as articulated in the original MSIP 6 plan.”

Thus, Obeng said the change “may not adequately reflect the district’s performance and could unfairly impact its accreditation status.”

The second issue he touched on was the board’s proposition to shift from utilizing …