EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC

ABOUT THE EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL (KAUFFMAN SCHOOL) OPENED ITS DOORS IN THE FALL OF 2011. OUR FIRST GROUP OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTH GRADERS WAS ENROLLED AS OUR CLASS OF 2023, THEIR ANTICIPATED YEAR OF COLLEGE GRADUATION. A NEW FIFTH GRADE CLASS OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED STUDENTS IS ADDED EACH YEAR. THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL CURRENTLY SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH TWELVE. AS A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS RESIDING WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS (KCPS). THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL CANNOT AND DOES NOT SELECTIVELY ADMIT STUDENTS BASED ON ACADEMIC APTITUDE, RACE, ETHNICITY, INCOME LEVEL, SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS, PRIOR SCHOOL RECORD, OR ALMOST ANY OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC. THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL ADMITS STUDENTS UNTIL ITS ENROLLMENT THRESHOLD IS MET. IF THERE ARE MORE APPLICATIONS THAN SEATS, THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL USES A LOTTERY TO GIVE EVERY APPLICANT AN EQUAL CHANCE OF ADMISSION. THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL PROVIDES A GEOGRAPHICAL ENROLLMENT PREFERENCE TO STUDENTS LIVING IN SIX VERY HIGH RISK AND HIGH NEED ZIP CODES: 64123, 64124, 64127, 64128, 64130, AND 64132. THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL ALSO PROVIDES AN ENROLLMENT PREFERENCE TO SIBLINGS OF ENROLLED STUDENTS AND CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS/GUARDIANS WORK AT THE SCHOOL AND ALSO RESIDE WITHIN THE KCPS BOUNDARIES. MISSION THE MISSION OF THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY, GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, AND APPLY THEIR UNIQUE TALENTS IN THE WORLD TO CREATE ECONOMICALLY INDEPENDENT AND PERSONALLY FULFILLING LIVES. VISION STATEMENT THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZED AS THE PREMIERE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR.