Talk:Shawnee Mission School District

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[edit] Sections Needing Attention

Please note, the current SMSD logo is outdated--the district approved a new logo starting with the 2005-2006 school year. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy handy, but there should be something usable under fair use at www.smsd.org.

Also, there appears to be a conflict in the alumni section for Shawnee Mission East--John Carmack appears listed, although his own personal page says that he did not attend Shawnee Mission East. Would be nice if someone could find a source verifying one or the other (I did a quick search without success). Dougk 01:24, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I just noticed this myself and added {{dubious}} tags to both articles as well as a notice on his bio's talk page. Hopefully someone who can source the information will come across it. 129.93.191.60 08:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha, that small paragraph about the way to properly sing the East school song is true. It should definitely go back in there! Troupkid 04:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC) Troupkid

Also, the choir programs at East and South are the biggest two in the region, respectively. I think that those details are noteworthy. Troupkid 04:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC) Troupkid

[edit] SMN

'79 may not have been the first year for Northman; it could have been as early as '77, but no earlier. The '79 Indian has photos of the winners, but '77 & '78 do not. Far from negative, there was resistance to changing the name from BMOC.

[edit] Christa McAuliffe

Article was edited to changed "first school in nation TO OPEN named for..." to simply "first school in nation named for...". This edit was incorrect. Other districts beat SMSD to naming new schools in her honor. However, only SMSD had a school already under construction and it opened before any of the others.

[edit] Older Comments

full of crap

• Mind explaining why, or finding a neutral way to fix it? ESkog | ^Talk 03:27, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm not an expert on the history of this article, but I did notice that the section on Shawnee Mission East appears to be missing, while the history shows that it once existed. Did it disappear through vandalism? It did not seem to be any more delete-worthy than the other content on the current page. Here's an old version with East's information --ProdigySim 23:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I reverted the article to the last time when the SME info was still in there. Whether it's vandalism or not, there is no reason to take down what was there if we don't have anything else ready to put up. CharacterZero 01:05, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 2006

• I have rolledback the recent edit as i felt it was not written in an appropriate manner for an encyclopedia. Luckyherb 04:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Various Edits

Crestview and South Park are still open (see www.smsd.org). Also threw in the last of the former junior highs, and Hickory Grove (now Horizons). JFMorse 14:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism

There isn't a specific source, but it is monitered and checked by the student and teacher population in the School ditrict, so it's factual as far as any one knows. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.52.216.253 (talk • contribs) (UTC 20:30, 3 October 2006)

Not acceptable. There needs to be some media mention of this criticism, or else Wikipedia just becomes one giant MySpace for everyone to whine about their school/favorite band/hair color/Pokemon. (ESkog)^(Talk) 03:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Thats understandable —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fastfood15 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 8 October 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Gwen Diamond

Adult actress Gwen Diamond has been in many movies and should be listed as a notable graduate. Look her up on IMDB. Dont take her name off. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.126.66.112 (talk) 21:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC).