They'd seen Loose Park, Swope Park, Starlight Theatre, Watkins Mill, Weston, the Chiefs and the Royals. That is a strong draw for parents. Chad and Jennifer Sandborn were victims. They previously lived in Columbus, Ohio, and Boston before moving to Prairie Village when Chad took a job at Time Warner Cable. We ride bikes to pick up Max at day care here.
People are warm.
They yell to each other in the grocery store. The couple is sold on the Shawnee Mission School District. School systems in the area have the same problems as those in other parts of the country, but many of the suburban districts are highly praised. Many parochial and private schools also dot the landscape. Organizations, such as the Kauffman Foundation, the Francis Child Development Institute and KCMC Child Development Corp., are nationally recognized for changing the way America raises children.