Letters to the Editor

February 20, 2021 Dear Editor, How Should We Talk about Race? Ask a Black person and he will likely have a very different idea than a White person. The admonition to walk around in the other person’s shoes is nearly impossible. I,…

OPINION ~ LETTER TO EDITOR January 16, 2021 By Matthew Archer Lee’s Summit families learned an awfully hard lesson this past year: the fact that a one-size-fits-all public school approach to education is not what is best for our students and children.…

Letter to the Editor ~ Opinion November 28, 2020 By Mica Wiemann, MBALee’s Summit R-7 parent The school’s primary mission is education. However, there are many other services that are directly and indirectly provided. Meals, socialization, emotional stability, exercise, and detection of…

November 14, 2020 Letter to the editor: In today’s world it’s tough, where do we stand?I’m going to start by congratulating Mayor Lucas on what a fine job he is doing!The first thing would be guns and violence.The second thing I’m going…

OPINION ~ Letter to the editor August 15, 2020 The district announced postponing start dates for Fall 2020 based on Jackson County health officials declaring “significant community spread of COVID-19”. New season, same script. I have questions. I pray BOE’s answers pursue…

July 25, 2020 I think Mayor Lucas is doing a very very good job! Today we can’t set on the Rock Island Corridor and study anymore. There should be an audit on the purchase of the Rock Island Corridor. Did Union Pacific…

July 18, 2020 Dear Editor, I note with dismay the news article in the Tribune that two municipal Lee’s Summit officials, Mayor Bill Baird and City Councilmember Andrew Felker, are actively promoting support for the organization “Black Lives Matter.” Of course, black…