Amy Farthing

Amy Farthing, Blue Valley's lead district coordinating teacher, will be principal at Prairie Star Elementary School, 3800 W. 143rd St., Leawood, next year

Amy Farthing, a reading specialist with the Blue Valley School District, said Book Connect is a good resource but shouldn't be a substitute for consulting a teacher about a child's reading skills. ... The Valley School area, just off Kanakapura Road, is a beautiful spot, retained as a wilderness by the Valley School authorities,and it's a great way of escaping into the outdoors, even on a weekday morning! ... His contract runs through June 2010 but he will seek a release if named in Iowa, he said Monday. Before coming to Ladue, he spent 11 years as superintendent of the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kan. ...

Amy Farthing, a reading specialist with the Blue Valley School District, said Book Connect is a good resource but shouldn't be a substitute for consulting a teacher about a child's reading skills. ...