Graduation is a significant milestone, and the Fairfax Ministerial Alliance invites Fairfax seniors, parents, family, friends, and the community to celebrate it at the annual baccalaureate service. This cherished tradition is a unique opportunity for our community to come together and honor graduates and their achievements.

The Fairfax baccalaureate will be Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the Fairfax Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Les Kerr, a distinguished graduate of Fairfax Schools, will deliver the message this year.

Les is a 1983 graduate of Fairfax who played football, basketball, ran track, and played in the band. He has been the Law Enforcement Coordinator in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri, Kansas City, since 2001, providing all law enforcement coordination and community outreach for the 66 counties in the Western District of Missouri. Mr. Kerr has been instrumental in the implementation of numerous innovative programs for the Weed & Seed Strategy, Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, Missouri Drug Endangered Children Program, Human Trafficking Rescue Project and is currently the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons point of contact for the district. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Les was the Criminal Investigator for the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and an officer with the Riverside Police Department in the Kansas City area.