Hart, Eagles Ready for Fall

by Bill Althaus, Grain Valley News

Cool, calm and collected Brandon Hart sits at his desk in the new activities office at Grain Valley High School, where he's putting the finishing touches on one of his many duties heading into the 2025 school year.

The reason he's cool, calm and collected?

“We had this year's schedule completed three years ago,” Hart said with a chuckle. “Being an AD means you're always working on something.

“There are always small changes and tweaks; we have to line up our officials, workers and travel plans way in advance. We want it all done long before that school year starts.”

Hart has raised the bar high wherever he has been an activities director.

He has been in education for 27 years, serving as the AD at Fort Osage for 13 years and spending the last 10 with the Eagles.

Fort Osage won its lone football state championship (2015) in Hart's last year with the Indians.

Since arriving from Fort Osage, he has been a part of many changes, including the renovation of the football/soccer complex and the addition of a new state-of-the-art multipurpose building and gymnasium.

Last year the Eagles added girls flag football, and like so many other sports at the school, they enjoyed immediate success.

And like everyone else in the community he enjoys watching Grace Slaughter star for the women's basket team at Missouri and Jacob Misiorowski's meteoric ride in the major leagues as he made the national league all-star roster after just five starts for the Milwaukee Brewers.

“We've all enjoyed watching Grace the past few years,” Hart said of the three-time all-state and Missouri Basketball Player of the Year.

“It's kind of funny, she was the Player of the Year a couple of years ago, and with the new gym, we wanted to make sure and put up her banner when everything was finished.

The banner was placed in the gym a few weeks ago.
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Hart has contacted the Brewers and is receiving one of the Grain Valley grad's all-star game jerseys which will find a new home in the Eagles trophy case.

“Jacob – now that's quite a story,” Hart said. “We're all cheering for him. He's such a great kid and we're proud of him for the young man he's become and all his success this season.”

Hart is now taking a confident and laid-back approach as the fall season begins when football, girls volleyball, boys swim and dive, boys soccer, softball girls tennis and boys and girls cross country start practicing.

"We're all looking forward to it."

Brandon Hart has his I's dotted and T's crossed as he settles into his 10th year as the Activities Director at Grain Valley High School. He and the members of his coaching staff are anticipating another strong year in each sports and activities program. Photo credit: Bill Althaus
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