LEAWOOD, Kan. — The Barstow School is breathing new life into a Johnson County grocery store that’s been shuttered for years.
There are now plans to develop a community resource at 122nd Street and State Line Road for students across the metro.
Barstow purchased the former Hy-Vee store in the area and is turning it into an incubation hub, a space where students can develop ideas and explore solutions to problems.
The 32,000-square-foot idea space will focus on STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art and math.
The center will be open to all students in the Kansas City metro, regardless of whether children attend public or private schools or are home schooled.
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