Suzanne Perez
News ReporterSuzanne Perez is a longtime journalist covering education and general news for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. Before coming to KMUW, she worked at The Wichita Eagle, where she covered schools and a variety of other topics.
Suzanne grew up in North Carolina and earned a bachelor's degree in English from North Carolina State University. She moved to Wichita in 1990 and has two children. When not reporting, Suzanne enjoys reading, walking her dog, and obsessing over every new leaf on her houseplants.
Suzanne can be reached by email at perez@kmuw.org.
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The Wichita school board set a salary range of $300,000 to $325,000 for the new superintendent. Consultants hinted that this search will be more open than the previous one, after which the Kansas Attorney General ruled that the school board violated the open meetings law. -
Book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a new novel that's about everything... and nothing.
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This month's Books & Whatnot episode was recorded at the beautiful Flint Hills Books in Council Grove, Kansas.
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The community of bookworms on the social app TikTok, known collectively as BookTok, has become a powerful force in the publishing industry.
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The Kansas Board of Education is calling on the state’s public schools to eliminate Native American-themed mascots within five years.
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By a margin of about 2-to-1, Wichita school district voters opted to ditch the current hybrid voting system, which has been in place since 1994. Beginning next year, Wichita school board members will be elected in a fashion similar to city, county and state representatives.
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Suzanne Perez looks at an essay collection by an Indigenous woman and scientist that will help you reflect on our relationship with the natural world.
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This month's Books & Whatnot episode was recorded in front of a live studio audience!
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Alicia Thompson, superintendent of Wichita schools, announced in an e-mail to district employees that she plans to retire at the end of this academic year.
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An advisory group created by the Kansas Board of Education wants the board to recommend ending Native American mascots statewide — a move sure to trigger anger and defensiveness in communities long wedded to school traditions.
