You may remember taking a field trip to “Exchange City,” as a kid, but now students are visiting the “School of Economics.”KMBC 9’s Martin Augustine is checking it out in Blue Springs.

If you grew up in suburban Kansas City in the 1990s, you probably remember taking a field trip to Exchange City or the Blue Springs School of Economics, simulated towns run entirely by 10-year-olds.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Students in the Blue Springs School District can return to in-person classes for the fall semester, but families also will have the option to opt out and enroll their children ...