Gordon Parks Elementary School
Elementary School in Kansas City, MO
GORDON PARKS, a non-profit public charter school, was set up to educate urban-core kids. Gordon Parks, the famed African-American photographer, writer, poet, composer, painter and filmmaker gave his name to the school because he believed in its mission. Its co-founders were inspired by St. Vincent's Family Center/Operation Breakthrough, at 31st & Troost, and planned the school to be its sister institution. Most of the students come by bus from there and return to Operation Breakthrough at the close of school.