By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
The lead-up to the start of classes in the Kansas City School District is especially hectic this year.
School board members are still trying to get a handle on which principals are assigned to which buildings. Knotts School, which serves grades K-8, is having to relocate students due to a mold problem. I've fielded phone calls from teachers complaining that they done yet know their schedules or their school calendars. (That's due to contract negotiations with the teachers union being up in the air.)








