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KidZone: Before/After School Care

KCKPS KidZone Before & After School Program

The logo for "Kid Zone" by Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools features colorful, school-themed letters.

KCKPS is proud to offer KIdZone, our before and after school care program designed to provide students with a safe, engaging, and enriching environment outside of the regular school day.

KidZone offers homework assistance, social development opportunities, STEM activities, recreational programming, and a variety of enrichment experiences led by KCKPS staff.

  • Program Begins:

    • Thursday, August 20, 2026

    Enrollment

    Enrollment opens during the first week of August. Families may register by completing the KidZone application through their student's Infinite Campus account. Paper applications will also be available at all KidZone sites the first week of August.

    Once the application is submitted, your child is enrolled. There is no approval process. To ensure transportation services (if needed) are in place for the first day of KidZone, please complete all required sections of the application by the first week of school.  

    We are excited to be the before and after-school care program for your student. Our goal is to provide childcare service, academic enrichment, tutoring, and youth development to all elementary students in USD500 Schools.
     

    KidZone Sites

    • Morning Program (AM): 7:00 am - 9:00 am
    • Afternoon Program: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
    • Wednesday (Early Release): 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

    Students enrolled in the KidZone program at a school that is not their home school will be transported to and from their home school to KidZone each morning before breakfast at their home school and will be returned to that site In the afternoon. Parent drop off and pick up is at the respective KidZone site. Parents are responsible for letting their student's home school know their students' after school plan to ensure they get on the KidZone bus. 

    The fee schedule for KidZone is listed below. Limited KidZone Scholarships may be available based on enrollment numbers at each respective site. (Daily rates do not apply)

  • Session Fee Amount
    AM Session Only $30 per child, per week
    PM Session Only $40 per child, per week
    AM and PM Sessions $50 per child, per week
    Wednesdays Only $15 per child, per week
  • KidZone is available to KCKPS elementary school students.

    Please note that preschool students are not eligible to participate in the program.

List of KidZone Sites

KidZone services available to the elementary schools:

School Name

AM KidZone site

PM KidZone site

Banneker

Whittier

Banneker

Claude Huyck

Hazel Grove

Lowell Brune

Douglass

Whittier

Whittier

Emerson

Emerson

Emerson

Eugene Ware

West Park

West Park

Frances Willard

Whittier

Whittier

Frank Rushton

Emerson

Frank Rushton

Grant

Whittier

Banneker

B. Caruthers

Whittier

Banneker

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

John Fiske

Whittier

Whittier

John F Kennedy

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

Lindbergh

West Park

West Park

Lowell Brune

Hazel Grove

Lowell Brune

Mark Twain

Whittier

Whittier

McKinley

Whittier

Whittier

ME Pearson

Whittier

ME Pearson

New Chelsea

West Park

New Chelsea

New Stanley

Emerson

Emerson

Noble Prentis

Emerson

Emerson

Quindaro

West Park

West Park

Silver City

Emerson

Emerson

Stony Point North

Hazel Grove

Lowell Brune

Stony Point South

Hazel Grove

Lowell Brune

T.A. Edison

Emerson

Frank Rushton

Welborn

West Park

West Park

West Park

West Park

West Park

Whittier

Whittier

Whittier


Some locations may change based on transportation stops.