School tour to stop in Marion

The state Department of Education’s “Success Tour” with commissioner of education Randy Watson and deputy commissioner Brad Neuenswander will stop at Marion Sports and Aquatic Center from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 9.

Teachers, parents, legislators, and business and school board leaders are being invited to join a community conversation about the direction and progress of kindergarten through 12th grade education in Kansas since the establishment in 2015 of a new vision for state education by the state board of eduction.

Other towns on the three-day tour are Leavenworth, Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Seaman, Eureka, and Shawnee Heights.