2017 KCPS Teacher of the Year Awards Show

Kansas City, May 2, 2017: Kansas City Public Schools recognized the best of Team KCPS during the Teacher of the Year ceremony Monday, May 1 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. Derrick Wiggins of Carver Dual Language School was named the 2017 KCPS Teacher of the Year during the event and took home a personal trophy and a traveling trophy for his school, plus $5,000 donated by the Catalyst Fund for KCPS Students. Linda May of Success Academy at Knotts received the Principal of the Year Award.