Good morning, Olathe.

Local sisters Jasmine and Starla Titus opened 3 of Cups in a 126-year-old downtown home on Oct.

1 to offer books, puzzles, games, coffee + cocktails in a welcoming space for community connection.

Thai Zappz will move to a new Olathe space at 111 N.

Parker St. by the end of the year & will serve customers in a hybrid counter-service style after five years in Overland Park.

The public comment period for new Head Start proposals ends at midnight today.

Futures First, a Kansas City group serving preschoolers, warned that the changes could lower teacher numbers and require instruction in English only, which may affect dual language learners.

Rosehill Elementary School is celebrating National Walk & Roll to School Day today as students, staff and community partners gather at 7:30 a.m. at three nearby locations to safely roll or walk to campus (with BikeWalkKC leading routes and JCDHE providing bicycle helmets).

Brent Yeager was named 2027 Kansas Superintendent of the Year Monday morning by the Kansas School Superintendents’ Association; he leads Olathe Public Schools—serving 28,000 students—through school closures and funding challenges.

Olathe parents are gathering 6,100 signatures by Nov.

15 to ask the Kansas State Board of Education to review the district’s plan to close several schools. Volunteers from Olathe Families United have been collecting signatures at public events (Haven Park is one location) to ensure more transparency in the process.

Residents near 151st and Clare Road in southwest Olathe are concerned over a proposed Johnson County Aggregates rock quarry expansion that could worsen dust, blasting and health risks; the city council will vote on special permits tonight at 6:30 p.m.