The Before and After School Program available to families in the Platte County R-3 School District is Y Club. With Y Club before and after school, children in kindergarten through 5th grade will benefit from homework enrichment, physical activity, and small and large group activities with a focus on building community and youth voice and leadership. Full-time and part-time Y Club is available at each of our elementary buildings (Compass, Pathfinder, and Siegrist), along with Y Club on days when school is out of session for inclement weather, seasonal breaks, and other days off (enrollment permitting). Operating hours are each weekday from 6:30 a.m. until school begins, and again after school until 6:00 p.m. Registration is now open. Click here to register.

If you have any questions about the Y Club program, please contact YMCA at (913) 345-9622.

As part of a continued focus on maintaining fiscal accountability, ensuring our tax dollars are spent on Platte County R-3 students, the District requires proof of residency for all returning students annually. We hope you will take advantage of our electronic proof of residency dates, designed to provide greater convenience to our District families.

Please see attached instructions and webpage. If you have multiple students in the District, only one proof of residency is required.

Please choose the school of ONE of your students and send your proof of residency documentation to ONE of the following email addresses (returning students only).

After completing the process, a hard copy or emailed receipt will be provided to the parent. Parents can show this confirmation to obtain a student's final schedule or class teacher. If you have any questions, please contact the District Education Center at 816-858-5420 or your child's school.

The Board of Education approved the 2021-22 tentative budget as submitted. The budget is a fluid document published by the District to provide the Board and the community with insight into the budget process from the early stages of development to eventual approval.

A variety of considerations impact the budget including revenue sources: local revenue, operating, debt service, and capital improvement levies; Proposition C revenue; the state basic formula; and federal revenue for special education and title programs; as well as expenditures: including salary enhancements and staff additions (driven by state standards and market competitiveness), board paid health insurance, as well as expenditures aligned to goals in the District's strategic plan.

The 2021-22 budget is a balanced budget with what we believe to be conservative revenue projections. Our focus is on continuing a high level of learning progress for our students while being fiscally responsible. The budget was developed with the best information available at the time of development.

The budget will be completed when the tax rate is set in September.

Each month, project managers for our 2021 Bond Program projects, will provide an update on construction projects taking place throughout the District. At the June meeting, Matt St. Louis, project manager with Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, reviewed construction progress on the PCHS Rebuild Phase One project, Patrick Smith, designer with incite Design Studio, reviewed design progress of the PCHS project, and Megan Barnes, designer with Hollis + Miller Architects presented an overview of the design development of the New Middle School #2 project.

After a rainy start, construction crews are wrapping up site clearing, demolition and set-up at the PCHS Rebuild Phase One project. Site utilities and excavation of the basement level as well as sports fields are underway. Over the next month, grading at the building and sport fields and site utilities work will continue, and concrete foundation work will begin. Remaining construction packages (interior work, roofing, mechanical, electrical, plumbing) will be out to bid in the coming weeks.

The New Middle School #2 project is currently moving through Design Development, where the team is focused on refining elements of the supportive environments that will work to engage learners and staff both inside the building and out. With the media center acting as a connecting hub, neighborhoods of classrooms are being designed to enhance collaboration for students and staff through space and flexible furniture.

Laura Hulett, Director of Communications, shared with the Board a Key Process Update of the District's Communication and Public Relations program.

As part of the District's efforts to improve internal and external communication, involvement, and partnership to support student learning, the following improvement opportunities were highlighted:

As part of the Transportation Department's bus replacement cycle, the Board approved the purchase of three 77-passenger school buses and one wheelchair lift bus, less the trade-in of four current buses for a total purchase of $384,747. Click here for additional details.

June 3-30: Summer School

July 15: Board of Education Meeting, 6:30pm, (reconvene from closed session which begins at 5:30pm)

August 24: First Day of School

August 26: Board of Education Meeting, 6:30pm, (reconvene from closed session which begins at 5:30pm)

Thank you to all our Pirates ROCK Star business partners who support character education in our schools! And thank you to our District-wide Pirates ROCK Star partner, Tradition Home Group.

Vision: Building Learners of Tomorrow...

Mission: To prepare individual learners for success in life, 

Values: Student Focus, Collaboration, High Expectations, Integrity, Visionary Leadership, Innovation, Results Orientation